After studying this chapter, you should be able to answer the following questions:
- How will you test students on a unit of work?
- How can you evaluate tests that accompany textbooks and teachers' manuals?
- How should you create multiple-choice and essay test items for your subject area?
- Will you use authentic assessment approaches, including portfolios, performances, exhibitions, and scoring rubrics?
- What are the potential positive and negative effects of grades on students?
- What are examples of criterion-referenced and norm-referenced grading systems?
- How will you explain your grading system to parents who do not understand their child's grades?
