Test-Specific Thinking

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 questionsBreak down sample test questions to identify the skills or response a certain frame seeksIncorporate test item structures into classroom teaching to better prepare students as test takersDevelop and design assessments that familiarize students with the frames they will encounter on external examsBoost student confidence and increase performance on standardized testsContents:Introduction: Revealing an Inconvenient TruthChapter 1: Understanding Test-Specific ThinkingChapter 2: Connecting ELA Item Frames to Academic ContentChapter 3: Using ELA Item Frames in Classroom InstructionChapter 4: Connecting Mathematics Item Frames to Academic ContentChapter 5: Using Mathematics Item Frames in Classroom InstructionChapter 6: Supporting and Integrating the Use of Item FramesChapter 7: Leading Item-Frame Usage at the School and District LevelsEpilogue: Pulling Back the CurtainReferences and ResourcesIndex