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Test-Specific Thinking
Teaching Students to Think the Way Tests Make Them
Educators learn to analyze test question structures in English language arts and mathematics. This book provides strategies to incorporate these structures into classroom content, instruction, and student preparation. K–12 teachers and school leaders can explore methods for integrating testing structures into daily work and examine the role of school leadership in facilitating these new methods.
Help students better prepare for testing
In Test-Specific Thinking, the authors provide recommended practices, methods, and means for educators to implement structural schemas into teaching, helping students better prepare for tests and formulate stronger responses to certain question frames. Armed with a better understanding of how tests are designed, teachers will increase their students’ chances of success with higher achievement scores and greater confidence when taking standardized exams.
K–12 teachers and school leaders can use this book to:
- Examine recurrent structural patterns common in English and mathematics assessment questions
- Break down sample test questions to identify the skills or response a certain frame seeks
- Incorporate test item structures into classroom teaching to better prepare students as test takers
- Develop and design assessments that familiarize students with the frames they will encounter on external exams
- Boost student confidence and increase performance on standardized tests
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“What a great addition to the field! Assessment literacy is a skill that teachers simply must embrace and in which we must be better trained. This book takes many arcane concepts from assessment theory and helps teachers ‘break the code’ to help our students experience greater success in their future testing experiences.”
“Test-Specific Thinking offers a fresh, research-informed approach to integrating assessment literacy into everyday instruction. This resource emphasizes the importance of aligning test item frames with standards, curriculum, and common assessments, while also equipping students with strategies to navigate test items effectively. Through real-world examples and practical tools, the authors illustrate how instructional practices like cumulative review, student journaling, and guided discourse can deepen learning. School and district leaders will also find valuable guidance for supporting a culture of thoughtful, assessment-aligned teaching.”
