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Measurement and Assessment in Teaching
576 pages
A clear-eyed, practical guide that transforms the daunting world of educational testing into an accessible toolkit for empowering students.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like sitting down with a seasoned, endlessly patient mentor who wants to demystify the mechanics of the classroom. The pace is steady and deliberate, designed to be absorbed with a highlighter in hand and a notebook nearby. It cultivates a studious, highly focused mood, stripping away the anxiety often associated with standardized testing and grading rubrics. Instead of drowning the reader in dense statistical jargon, the prose remains crystal-clear and deeply pragmatic, always anchoring theoretical concepts to real-world classroom scenarios. It is an empowering, structured experience that will delight pre-service teachers and veteran educators alike, leaving them feeling equipped to evaluate their students with fairness, precision, and genuine pedagogical care.
- Mood
- studious
- focused
- structured
- practical
- Tone
- authoritative
- instructive
- pragmatic
- encouraging
- objective
- Pace
- steady
- Themes
- pedagogical responsibility · objective evaluation · student growth · educational equity · professional competence
- The writing
- Crystal-clear, methodical, and accessible, prioritizing step-by-step comprehension over dense academic jargon.
- The arc
- Moves from the daunting complexity of educational metrics to a grounded sense of professional capability and clarity.
- Who it's for
- Educators in training and practicing teachers looking to demystify testing and build fairer, more effective classroom assessments.
About the book
Measurement and Assessment in Teaching, Tenth Edition, introduces the elements of measurement and assessment that are essential to good teaching. In a presentation that assumes no previous knowledge of assessment or measurement, the text provides crystal-clear, step-by-step instruction on such topics as constructing test questions, aligning assessment with learning goals, and interpreting standardized tests. - Back cover.
Description from Open Library.
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