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“A rare opportunity for the new generation of educators to learn alongside a well-known and experienced educator to integrate all learning styles into assessments. Principals should consider this for faculty book studies. The presented techniques will, no doubt, raise standardized test scores while teachers continue to present real curriculum.”
—Janette Bowen, Sixth-Grade Teacher
Junction City Middle School, KS
Give all students an equal chance to perform well on your classroom tests and assessments!
In today's diverse classrooms, students of different socioeconomic, linguistic, and cultural backgrounds and ability levels share a common learning environment. To meet each student's unique strengths and needs, educators need flexible testing and assessment strategies that fulfill the requirements for standardized assessment and accountability in ways that don't put students at a disadvantage because of their differences.
Classroom Testing and Assessment for ALL Students helps both general and special education teachers meet and move beyond the challenges of NCLB and IDEA by using teacher-made tests, appropriate testing accommodations, technology-based testing, and classroom-based assessments that support the teaching and learning process so all students have the opportunity to succeed. The book offers ways for teachers to better differentiate their testing and assessment strategies through:
Classroom and school-based examples in each chapter; Bulleted information outlining hands-on, research-based strategies for teacher implementation; Forms, reproducibles, stories, vignettes, reflection questions, and checklists that guide educators in applying and tailoring the strategies to their classrooms and students; Tips on using technology to help all students perform better
Teachers know their students best. This resource allows teachers to design tests and assessments to accommodate the various strengths and needs of all learners in their classroom.
Creating and Grading Valid and Accessible Teacher-Made Tests
Creating and Grading Valid and Accessible Teacher-Made Tests
Ms. Dodd was surprised and disappointed by her students' performance on her tests. While their performance during classroom learning activities indicated that her students understood the concepts and skills she was teaching, many of her students' test scores showed quite the opposite. A confused and frustrated Ms. Dodd asked her students to write, without signing their names, why they got the grades they did on her test. Students wrote the following:
“Your tests don't cover the material we learned in class.”
“We spent all this time learning about one topic and there was only one question on that topic.”
“I can't remember all the things you want us to know on one test.”
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