Product Description: This collection of documents from the ERIC Center on Assessment and Evaluation goes beyond the basic information about high-stakes testing and test scoring to include discussions on classroom management. An addition to NEA's Student Assessment Series, What Teachers Need To Know About Assessment includes chapters on writing and scoring classroom tests, developing other assessment tools, helping students become better test takers and much more...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Using detailed examples, checklists and exercises, the authors show how to develop, use and grade classroom examinations. They provide a thorough, step-by-step discussion of general testing and grading issues, including: deciding on the content of an exam; assessing difficulty levels; writing different kinds of test items; scoring different test items; evaluating different subject areas; helping students review for an exam; and developing grading methods and strategies. (view table of contents)