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Building a Better Assessment Future 2022
August 3 - 4, 2022Why Build a Better Assessment Future? More than at any other time in recent history, educators and policymakers recognize the need to provide an education…
Ordering the book:
The book can be purchased from ASCD here https://bit.ly/2Gb8ulD
Teams will meet and set their process for reading the book and having face to face or online conversations around the boo using the ASCD study guide found at the ASCD website: https://bit.ly/2UG1eB6
About the Book
What 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.
With 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.
