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Download full textJorgensen, Margaret – 1994
An overview is provided of the "Authentic Assessment for Multiple Users" project funded by the National Science Foundation to determine whether portfolio assessment can be structured to permit meaningful aggregation for multiple hierarchical users. The research focus was in the context of science and mathematics instruction in grades…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Decision Making, Documentation, Educational Assessment
Performance-Based Assessment and Instructional Change: The Effects of Testing in Maine and Maryland.
Peer reviewedFirestone, William A.; Mayrowetz, David; Fairman, Janet – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1998
To examine how performance-based assessment changed mathematics teaching under conditions of moderate and low-stake assessment, middle school teachers were studied in five districts in Maryland and Maine, with interviews of 82 teachers and administrators. Findings suggest that effects of state testing on teaching may be overrated by both advocates…
Descriptors: Administrators, Educational Policy, High Stakes Tests, Intermediate Grades
Silver, Edward A.; Lane, Suzanne – 1993
Issues of educational equity and quality are explored in the context of the Quantitative Understanding: Amplifying Student Achievement and Reasoning (QUASAR) project, a national educational reform project aimed at fostering and studying the development and implementation of enhanced mathematics instructional programs for students attending middle…
Descriptors: Cognitive Tests, Cultural Differences, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Enrichment
