Teacher-Made Assessments ─ How to Connect Curriculum, Instruction, and Student Learning

This book is intended as a resource for classroom teachers as they align their own tests and quizzes with the content and format expected of state and district standards-based curricula. It demonstrates 10 basic steps for constructing assessments in alignment with a standards-based curriculum. The book shows how to create effective select-response test questions, such as multiple-choice items, as well as supply-response items, such as short answer questions and essay prompts. It also shows how to create scoring rubrics to assess supply-response items, and how to use the results from assessments to support student learning through feedback. Gareis is associate professor of educational leadership at the College of William and Mary. There is no subject index. Annotation c2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)