Everyday
Assessment in the Science Classroom In addition to these fine selections, NSTA offers many other books; to learn more, visit http://store.nsta.org.
Everyday
Assessment in the Science Classroom
Grades K–12
Make ongoing, classroom-based assessment second nature to your students and you. Everyday Assessment in the Science Classroom is a thought-provoking collection of 10 essays on the theories behind the latest assessment techniques.
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Science
Educator's Guide to Laboratory Assessment
Grades 5–12
Focus on frequent, accurate feedback with this newly expanded guide to understanding assessment. Field-tested and classroom ready, it's designed to help you reinforce productive learning habits while gauging your lessons' effectiveness. The book opens with an up-to-date discussion of assessment theory, research, and uses.
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Assessing
Student Understanding in Science: A Standards-Based K-12 Handbook
Grades K–12
It’s one thing to talk about assessment. It’s quite another to do it well.
This resource-packed handbook—both accessible and practical—is a great start.
It blends theory with teacher-tested techniques for measuring student progress,
assessing student learning, and evaluating teaching practice. Among the samples
you can put to work right away are alternative assessments, rubrics and scoring
guides, grade-level exemplars, and much more.
http://store.nsta.org/showItem.asp?product=OP724X
Classroom
Assessment and the National Science Education Standards
Grades K–12
Focusing on the teacher as the primary player in assessment, the book offers guidelines and explores how they can be adapted to the individual classroom. It features examples, definitions, illustrative vignettes, and practical suggestions, and discusses how classroom assessment differs from conventional testing and grading.
http://store.nsta.org/showItem.asp?product=OP746X