This book provides a succinct discussion of the development and use of classroom assessments. It is designed for college courses and settings in which a full survey textbook is not appropriate in terms of coverage and cost, such as educational psychology or teaching methods courses or self-study by teachers. The chapters are: (1) "Introduction"; (2) "Determining How Your Assessments Will Be Interpreted and Used"; (3) "Establishing Measurable Objectives and Goals"; (4) "Gathering Evidence of Validity"; (5) "Generalizing Observed Performance to Unobserved Performance"; (6) "Completion and Short-Answer Items"; (7) "Essay Items"; (8) "Multiple-Choice Items"; (9) "Alternate-Choice Items"; (10) "Learning How To Take Written Tests"; (11) "Informal Observations and Questions"; (12)"Considerations When Using Performance Assessments"; (13) "Creating Performance Assessments"; (14) "Portfolios"; (15) "Interpreting Classroom Assessments"; (16) "Reporting Student Performance to Parents and Others"; and (17) "Interpreting and Using Standardized Tests." (Contains 41 figures, 14 tables, and 96 references.) (SLD)