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Swope, Kathy, Ed.; Miner, Barbara, Ed. – 2000
This book presents more than 50 articles from parents, community activists, teachers, students, and researchers that analyze standardized tests and outline alternative ways to assess how well students are learning. The seven sections look at: (1) "The Testing Craze: An Overview," including "Why Standardized Tests Are Bad" (Terry Meier) and…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Disabilities, Diversity (Student), Educational Policy
Goodwin, A. Lin, Ed. – 1997
The chapters in this collection explore alternative assessment and give specific examples of successful efforts by teachers to develop their own systems of assessment. Taken together, these chapters are a rejection of the ranking and separating of students according to test scores, and an argument for richer forms of mixed alternative assessments.…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Assessment, Educational Change
