{"product_id":"assessment-literacy-for-educators-in-a-hurry-9781416626480","title":"Assessment Literacy for Educators in a Hurry","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat is assessment literacy? It's a handful of fundamental understandings about the testing concepts and procedures that influence educational decisions. And it just might be the most cost-effective means of real school improvement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith characteristic humor and aplomb, assessment expert W. James Popham strips away the psychometrician-speak and condenses the complexities of educational testing to six practical and action-oriented understandings about validity, reliability, fairness, score reporting, formative assessment, and affective assessment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is for busy educators at the classroom and leadership levels who want\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTests that are worth the valuable time they take to administer.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTests that accurately measure what student have learned.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Tests that fairly reflect teacher and school effectiveness.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTests that provide the instructionally useful data that will help students learn faster and better.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAssessment Literacy for Educators in a Hurry\u003c\/i\u003e is the fastest route to acquiring the measurement moxie necessary to understand and advocate for better assessment practices and build a case for stopping ineffective and harmful ones. In just a few hours' time, you can pick up the knowledge you need to do a whole lot of good--for your students, yourself, and our schools.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePopham, W. James:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eW. James Popham\u003c\/b\u003e is Emeritus Professor in the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies. He has spent most of his career as a teacher, largely at UCLA, where for nearly 30 years he taught courses in instructional methods for prospective teachers and graduate-level courses in evaluation and measurement. At UCLA he won several distinguished teaching awards and was recognized by \u003ci\u003eUCLA Today\u003c\/i\u003e as one of UCLA's top 20 professors of the 20th century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ASCD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50504387199250,"sku":"9781416626480","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c819f744-4b86-49d7-b899-cbebfd75b8cd.jpg?v=1730818477","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/assessment-literacy-for-educators-in-a-hurry-9781416626480","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}