Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-235) and index.

Establishing a framework for assessing students -- Historical perspective -- Measuring knowledge -- Gathering evidence of validity -- Generalizing observed performance to unobserved performance -- Determining an assessment plan -- Determining what to assess -- Determining how the assessments will be interpreted and use -- Producing and administering written assessments -- Creating constructed-response items -- Creating fixed-response items -- Administering written tests on the web -- Producing and administering performance assessments -- Considerations when using performance assessments -- Creating online performance assessments -- Managing online performance assessments -- Assessing online interaction and collaboration -- Interaction and collaboration online -- Managing assessment of interaction and collaboration.