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Peer reviewedTamir, Pinchas; Doran, Rodney L. – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1992
Scoring guidelines are given for four forms of the practical skills tests of the Second International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Improvement Science Study conducted in the following countries in the 1980s: (1) Hungary; (2) Japan; (3) Korea; (4) Singapore; (5) Israel; and (6) the United States. (SLD)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Guidelines
Download full textMalinowski, Patricia A., Ed. – 1994
This booklet, second in a series on issues in assessment, seeks to describe an initiative supported by Finger Lakes Community College (New York) to use classroom assessment techniques (CATs) in different academic areas and to present an overview of some assessment approaches that have been used in the classroom. Papers include: (1) "Enhancing…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Educational Assessment, Educational Practices
Martin-Kniep, Giselle O. – 1998
The essays in this collection are the products of work by more than 100 teachers in the Hudson Valley Portfolio Assessment Project. Teachers spent 3 years learning about, experimenting with, and reflecting on their uses of assessment and its relations to student achievement. In the opening three essays, Giselle Martin-Kniep discusses what she…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Research, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education
Custer, Rodney L.; Schell, John; McAlister, Brian D.; Scott, John L.; Hoepfl, Marie – 2000
This guide addresses various aspects of authentic assessment as it is used in vocational education. The guide contains five chapters, each written by different authors. Following an overview and definitions of terms by Rodney L. Custer, John W. Schell discusses the theoretical foundations of authentic assessment, reviewing psychological,…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Education Work Relationship, Educational Assessment, Educational Research
Peer reviewedKay, Chris; And Others – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1992
Student test booklets, equipment and materials lists, directions for set-up, and directions for administration are given in English for the six countries participating in the science practical skills testing portions of the Second International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Improvement Science Study. (SLD)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Graves, Donald H., Ed.; Sunstein, Bonnie S., Ed. – 1992
This book offers portraits of portfolio keepers--from first graders to university sophomores and graduate students, from teachers in graduate classes to administrators in public schools--as they learn how to use portfolios. The book's introductory chapter looks at shifting definitions of portfolios and offers seven principles to ensure growth of…
Descriptors: Administrators, Alternative Assessment, Case Studies, Elementary Secondary Education
Fogarty, Robin, Ed. – 1996
More and more, schools are looking to student portfolios as a valid, reliable, and authentic form of assessment. This collection offers practical, well-researched answers to a variety of philosophical, organizational, and implementational questions surrounding portfolio assessment. Articles in the first section provide a rationale for student…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Constructivism (Learning), Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
Harlen, Wynne, Ed. – 1993
The concern of this publication is to explore the extent to which there is common ground in the approach to the education of primary school teachers in mathematics and science. Chapter 1, "A Model for Discussing Teacher Education" outlines a rationale for making decisions about approaches to teacher education. Chapter 2, "The Interface Where…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Educational Change, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Schafer, William D., Ed. – 1995
The purpose of this digest is to summarize major portions of the literature on assessment in counseling and therapy. In this collection of 32 digests, assessment is used to refer to assessment of clients as well as evaluations of program and counselor effectiveness. Recognized professionals have written about topics that are grouped into nine…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Career Development, Counseling, Counselor Training
McMahon, Susan I., Ed.; Raphael, Taffy E., Ed. – 1997
This is a comprehensive text about beliefs, issues, and practices at the forefront of literacy education--language, ethnic, and academic diversity; authentic assessment; and social construction of meaning and knowledge--explored through the lens of a cohesive instructional design, the Book Club Program. It presents a pedagogical model based on a…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, Diversity (Institutional), Elementary Secondary Education
Tchudi, Stephen, Ed. – 1997
The result of an investigation into the grading writing by the National Council of Teachers of English Committee on Alternatives to Grading Student Writing, this collection of essays offers the writing teacher several innovative and interesting options. Following an introduction by the editor (chair of the Committee), in which he delineates the…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Grading
Bauder, Deborah Y., Ed.; Mullick, Rosemary, Ed.; Sarner, Ronald, Ed. – 2001
This document contains the following papers on concepts and procedures from the SITE (Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education) 2001 conference: "Using School District Standards To Develop Thematic Lessons for Electronic Portfolios" (Cindy L. Anderson and others); "Using Adobe Acrobat for Electronic Portfolio…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Distance Education, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedBaron, Joan Boykoff, Ed.; Wolf, Dennie Palmer, Ed. – Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 1996
These discussions of performance-based student assessment provide a record of a decade-long exploration of unsettled issues in assessment. The first section provides the elements of a basic rationale for performance-based assessment, while the second section contains accounts of efforts to develop new performance-based systems in one city and four…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, College Entrance Examinations, Elementary Secondary Education
Shepard, Lorrie; And Others – 1994
Three papers are presented that summarize current project findings from a study of the actual effects of introducing new forms of assessment at the classroom level. All focus on aspects of performance assessment as an alternative to traditional assessments. "Effects of Introducing Classroom Performance Assessments on Student Learning" by Lorrie A.…
Descriptors: Accountability, Alternative Assessment, Case Studies, Educational Assessment
McLean, James E., Comp. – 1992
Four papers describe a study of the use of holistic writing assessment procedures in a pretest and posttest manner to determine improvement of 10th graders' writing skills. "Problem and Context" (James E. McLean) briefly describes the project and introduces the other three papers. "Holistic Scoring Procedures for Scoring Writing…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Cues, Evaluation Methods, Grade 10
