Assessment of learning 1 / Jonathan L. Mañas

Includes bibliographical references.

Preface -- Chapter 1 Overview of assessment learning: utilization of assessment data -- Chapter 2 Shift of educational focus from content to learning outcomes -- Chapter 3. Measurement, assessment and evaluation in outcomes-based education -- Chapter 4. The outcomes of student learning -- Chapter 5. Assessing student learning outcomes -- Chapter 6. Development of varied assessment tools: knowledge and reasoning -- Chapter 7. Item analysis and validation -- Chapter 8. Performance-based tests --Chapter 9. Grading system -- References.

"This book comprehensively presents the most prominent assessment principles and timeless assessment tools in the field of education. It emphasizes the shift of educational focus from content to learning outcomes and the development of varied assessment tools like multiple choice, enumeration, matching type, true or false test which are known to be the timeless ways in evaluating the student's learning at the end of the instruction against a standard criterion." -- Preface