Classroom Assessment : Concepts and Applications

About the Author\nJoe Engemann has been with the Faculty of Education at Brock University since 1993, where he has served as a member of both the Department of Pre-service Education and the Department of Graduate and Undergraduate Studies. Before becoming a teacher educator, Joe taught elementary school for 17 years with the Lincoln County Catholic School Board. His research interests, along with classroom assessment and evaluation, include teacher induction and mentoring, literacy across the curriculum, and aboriginal science education. He is the past president of the Canadian Association of Teacher Education and acted as the Ontario Faculties of Education representative on the Science Teachers Association of Ontario Board of Directors. Joe received his B.Sc., B.Ed. and M.Ed. from Brock University and his PhD in science education from the State University of New York in Buffalo.\nTiffany L. Gallagher is a member of the Department of Pre-service Education of the Faculty of Education at Brock University. Recently, she completed her doctoral studies on the effects of tutoring students with learning difficulties and the associated experiences of their literacy tutors. Professionally, Tiffany was a teacher and administrator in private practice supplemental education for over a decade. In this capacity, she administered achievement and aptitude tests and interpreted the results for academic programming. Currently, she teaches courses in educational psychology and assessment and evaluation. She has also co-authored the text Educational Psychology (first and second Canadian editions). Tiffany's current research interests include literacy assessment, reading and writing strategy instruction, teachers with learning disabilities, and the role of the in-school resource teacher.\nNOW AVAILABLE IN A NEW EDITION - 0070005559
The ability to construct and use classroom assessments is an essential educational skill for all teachers. Ongoing formal and informal classroom assessments provide teachers with the information they need to monitor and make decisions about their teaching and their students' learning. Classroom Assessment: Concepts and Applications covers the broad range of assessments that confront teachers both in their classrooms and beyond. Each type of assessment is presented with attention to both concepts and application, so that students will understand the reasons and cautions that are inherent in the assessments they construct and interpret. Classroom Assessment: Concepts and Applications provides a broad introductory overview of the critical terms, practices, and issues associated with assessment and evaluation.