Includes bibliographical references.

Review of principles of high quality assessment: Clarity of learning targets -- Educational measurement: Cognitive targets -- Skills, competencies and abilities targets -- Products, outputs and project targets -- Appropriateness of assessment methods: Written-response instruments -- Product rating scales: Performance tests -- Oral questioning -- Observation and self reports -- Properties of assessment methods: Validity-- Reliability -- Fairness -- Practicality and Efficiency -- Ethics in assessment -- Process-oriented performance-based assessment -- Process-oriented learning competencies: Learning competencies -- Task designing -- Scoring rubrics -- Product-oriented performance-based assessment -- Product-oriented learning competencies -- Task designing -- Scoring rubrics: Criteria setting -- Assessment in the affective domain -- Affective learning competencies -- Development of assessment tools -- Portfolio assessment methods -- Features and principles of portfolio assessment -- Essential elements of the portfolio -- Stages in implementing portfolio assessment -- Types of portfolios -- Assessing and evaluating the portfolios -- Student-teacher conferences -- Educational evaluation: Evaluation approaches -- Evaluation methods and techniques -- The CIPP evaluation model -- Summary of keywords and phrases -- Grading and reporting: Functions of grading and reporting systems -- Types of grading and reporting systems -- Development of a grading and reporting systems -- Assigning letter grades and computing grades -- Norm or criterion-referenced grading -- Distribution of grades and guidelines for effective grading -- Conducting parent-teacher conferences.