Multiple Measures
Accurate Ways to Assess Student Achievement
A pragmatic, effective guide to developing standards-based accountability systems!
This practical guide for educators and administrators shows how to measure teaching and learning accurately with multiple measures. Developed by three of the field’s best-known authorities, from their work with 130 school districts, this easy-to-use approach includes strategic handouts, reports, and communiqués that will help you create an effective assessment program and end the struggle to meet federal requirements.
Step-by-step explanations, examples, and tips on implementation are included for challenging areas that educators have identified, such as:
- Using terminology correctly
- Selecting reliable, valid, and fair measures
- Gathering, disaggregating, and analyzing data
- Understanding the limitations of testing
- Aligning content standards with instruction and assessment
- Limitations of norm-referenced tests
- All populations in all assessments
All tables and examples used in the book are derived from real data derived from real schools. The information is easy to understand and offers a concise view of a critical issue in education. An essential resource for educators and administrators!
Awards
A California ASCD Educational Book Seminar Selection