Better Testing & Evaluations

 Better Testing By TEACHERS

 Training Areas:

• Teachers develop classroom assessments to increase academic achievement, with an emphasis on Assessment FOR Learning
  

• Teachers improve standardized test performance to meet AYP and other NCLB requirements

• Teachers produce valid standardized tests such as benchmark and end-of-course exams

Better Testing For SCHOOL SYSTEMS

Test Development Services:

• We provide technical and editorial expertise for teachers to develop school or system-wide standardized tests.

• We review and edit teacher-written test questions to meet high editorial and high psychometric standards.

• We develop complete test item banks and tests matched to mandated standards, high-stakes tests, and curriculum guides.

We also design tests for a wide range of non-academic training programs.  Contact us for details.

Current Teacher Workshops

BENCHMARK TESTS: How to Develop Your Own High-Quality Standards-Based Tests

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS: The Science & Art of Writing   Valid, Useful, and Fair Test Items

ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING: Raising Achievement Through Formative Classroom Assessment

THINKING CRITICALLY About Tests: Teaching and Testing Critical Thinking

INNOVATIVE ASSESSMENTS:   How to Select, Develop, Score and Use them to Increase Achievement

We have worked with teachers in more than a dozen Georgia school systems as well as with several systems in other states: Texas, South Carolina, and Pennsylvania. 

We have written thousands of test items for a school system's benchmark tests.

Dr. Pohl has consulted with schools in Austria, France, and Japan.