| Description |
xiv, 447 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-422) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: The rationale and context for performance assessment -- Part One: Through a looking glass: performance assessment past, present, and future: Looking back: performance assessment in an era of standards-based educational accountability - Where we are now: lessons learned and emerging directions - Reaching out: international benchmarks for performance assessment -- Part Two: Advances in performance assessment: assessing and supporting learning: Performance assessment: the state of the art - Adapting performance assessments for English language learners - Supporting teacher learning through performance assessment -- Part Three: Policy and performance assessment: developing systems that can work: A new conceptual framework for cost analysis - Investing in assessments of deeper learning: the costs and benefits of tests that help students learn - Building systems of assessment for deeper learning - Concluding thoughts: creating next-generation assessments that last -- Appendix A: State performance tasks -- Appendix B: New approaches to performance assessment -- Appendix C: Framework for measuring the costs, expenditures, and benefits of performance assessment -- Appendix D: Spending for interim testing at the local district level. |
| Summary |
Educators are unhappy with the current assessments and their focus on low-level skills like recalling and restating facts rather than higher-order skills such as problem-solving and analyzing and synthesizing information. This book examines performance assessment as an alternative to the current high stakes standardized testing system in theUnites States. A must-have resource for those interested in the current research of performance assessment in the 21st century, this book will help educators accurately assess the benefits and possibilities for adopting performance assessments nation |
| Subject |
Educational tests and measurements -- United States
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| Added Author |
Adamson, Frank
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| Added Title |
How performance assessments support twenty-first century learning |
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How performance assessments support 21st century learning |
| ISBN |
9781118456187 |
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