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Knowing what students know : the science and design of educational assessment / Committee on the Foundations of Assessment, Board on Testing and Assessment, Center for Education, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council ; James W. Pellegrino, Naomi Chudowsky, and Robert Glaser, editors.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Washington, DC : National Academy Press, c2001.Description: xiv, 366 p. : ill. ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 0309072727
  • 9780309072724
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 371.261 21
NLM classification:
  • W 20.5
Available additional physical forms:
  • Also available via the World Wide Web.
Contents:
Rethinking the foundations of assessment -- The nature of assessment and reasoning from evidence -- The scientific foundations of assessment -- Advances in the sciences of thinking and learning -- Contributions of measurement and statistical modeling to assessment -- Assessment design and use: principles, practices and future directions -- Implications of the new foundations for asessment design -- Assessment in practice -- Information technologies: opportunities for advancing educational assessment -- Implications and recommendations for research, policy and practice -- Biographical sketches.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-347) and index.

Rethinking the foundations of assessment -- The nature of assessment and reasoning from evidence -- The scientific foundations of assessment -- Advances in the sciences of thinking and learning -- Contributions of measurement and statistical modeling to assessment -- Assessment design and use: principles, practices and future directions -- Implications of the new foundations for asessment design -- Assessment in practice -- Information technologies: opportunities for advancing educational assessment -- Implications and recommendations for research, policy and practice -- Biographical sketches.

Also available via the World Wide Web.