Performance Assessment and the New Standards Project: A Story of Serendipitous Success.

Spalding, Elizabeth

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ERIC Number: EJ607957

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Publication Date: 2000

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Performance Assessment and the New Standards Project: A Story of Serendipitous Success.

Spalding, Elizabeth

Phi Delta Kappan, v81 n10 p758-64 Jun 2000

The New Standards Project, attempting to create an assessment system comprised of performance exams, portfolios and projects, may not have fulfilled its promise to create a national system of tests worth teaching to. However, NSP did deliver high- quality professional-development opportunities for hundreds of teachers across the nation. (Contains 23 references.) (MLH)

Descriptors: Academic Standards, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 10, Grade 4, Grade 8, Language Arts, Performance Based Assessment, Portfolio Assessment, Professional Development, Program Descriptions, Program Effectiveness, Student Evaluation, Teacher Response, Test Construction

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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