Using assessments to teach for understanding : a casebook for educators

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Label

Using assessments to teach for understanding : a casebook for educators

Title remainder

a casebook for educators

Statement of responsibility

editors, Judith H. Shulman, Andrea Whittaker, Michele Lew ; foreword by Suzanne M. Wilson

Contributor

• Lew, Michele
• Shulman, Judith
• Whittaker, Andrea, (Andrea Kay)

Subject

• Case studies
• Case studies
• Education -- Evaluation
• Education -- Evaluation
• Education -- Evaluation -- Case studies
• Educational tests and measurements
• Educational tests and measurements
• Educational tests and measurements -- Case studies
• Tests et mesures en éducation -- Cas, Études de
• Éducation -- Évaluation -- Cas, Études de

Genre

• Cas, Études de
• Case studies

Language

eng

Summary

This casebook presents the challenges and dilemmas that all teachers face within the current climate of high-stakes accountability. These cases provide a powerful opportunity to collaboratively analyze and reflect on issues such as: the role of assessment in teaching and learning; designing, using, and interpreting assessments that foster student learning; and incorporating assessments into standards-based instruction

Cataloging source

DLC

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

LB3051

LC item number

.U86 2002

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography