| Description |
xiii, 191 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. What Gets in the Way of Important Learning: Problems of Tests and Testing Practices -- 2. A Better Way: Powerful Learning Supported by Assessment -- 3. Keeping Tract of Student Learning: Inquiry Assessments -- 4. Evaluation in a Different Key: Standards-Based Performance Assessments -- 5. Possibilities and Problems of a Standards-Based Approach: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly -- 6. Using Standards and Assessments to Support Teaching and Learning -- 7. Sitting Down to Score: Professional Learning Through Standards and Assessments -- 8. Getting to the Heart of the Matter: Challenges for Educators in Challenging Times |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-182) and index |
| Subject |
Education -- Standards -- United States.
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Educational evaluation -- United States.
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| LC no. |
00039538 |
| ISBN |
0325002800 paperback alkaline paper |
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