Curriculum Based Assessment: A Primer - Softcover

Hargis, Charles H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 039805942X ISBN 13: 9780398059422

Publisher: Charles C Thomas Pub Ltd, 1994

Synopsis

The use of curriculum based assessment (CBA) to ensure learning disabled and low achieving students adequate educational opportunity remains the focus in this direct and comprehensive third edition. The additions to this edition are in the way of providing detail and explanation in the context of current and emerging issues in educational assessment and standards. Shifting emphasis from identifying deficit areas to finding and inventorying skills and abilities, CBA requires an intimate relationship between teaching and testing. To instruct the educator in achieving this balance, Professor Hargis offers examples and methods of implementation through reading and arithmetic activities and discusses at length the issues involved in test validity and grading. Professor Hargis has also drawn distinctions with some approaches to assessment that appear in name to be similar to the form of CBA that he advocates. It will be of interest to those professionals who work with children: teachers, special educators, counselors, social workers, and researchers.

Edition details

• Publisher: Charles C Thomas Pub Ltd
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 039805942X
• ISBN 13: 9780398059422
• Binding: Paperback