Alternative Assessment: Promises and Pitfalls.

Neuman, Delia

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ERIC Number: EJ476202

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1993

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Alternative Assessment: Promises and Pitfalls.

Neuman, Delia

School Library Media Annual (SLMA), v11 p13-21 1993

Discusses national standardized testing versus testing reform and provides an overview of the alternative assessment movement and its relationship to the school library media specialist. Highlights include criticisms of standardized testing; theoretical assumptions for alternative assessment; research and practice related to specific alternative assessment models; and criticisms of alternative assessment. (Contains 29 references.) (LRW)

Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Comparative Analysis, Criticism, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers, Library Role, Media Specialists, Models, National Competency Tests, Problems, School Libraries, Standardized Tests

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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