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Stuart, Shannon; Schultz, Tia – Advances in Special Education, 2021
This chapter provides evidence-based assessment techniques for students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). An overview of formative and summative assessment, innovative formative assessment strategies for students with ASD, and innovative summative assessment strategies for students with ASD are included. Discussion includes case studies and…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Formative Evaluation, Summative Evaluation, Student Evaluation
Florida Department of Education, 2018
This technical assistance paper provides policy and guidance to individuals with test administration responsibilities in adult education programs. Rule 6A-6.014, Florida Administrative Code (F.A.C.), titled, General Requirements for Adult General Education Programs, requires all adult education programs to report all student measurable educational…
Descriptors: Adult Education, State Policy, Educational Assessment, Program Evaluation
Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), 2014
In a recent report entitled "All Together Now: Collaboration and Innovation for Youth Engagement,": the Commission on Youth Voting & Civic Knowledge concluded that civic education is a shared responsibility of schools and other institutions. Data suggests, however, that more work is required to provide all young people with the…
Descriptors: Civics, Citizenship Education, Elementary Secondary Education, High Stakes Tests
Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), 2014
Preparing the next generation of Americans to engage in their communities civically and politically is a shared responsibility. Although civic education takes place every day in homes and community centers, our nation's K-12 schools are in a unique position to nurture and reinforce the civic development of all young people. States influence their…
Descriptors: Civics, Citizenship Education, Elementary Secondary Education, High Stakes Tests
Eaton, Sarah Elaine – Online Submission, 2011
This annotated bibliography surveys key resources and research related specifically to language learning and literacy. It focuses on resources that will be valuable to teaching professionals and researchers who specialize in the areas of foreign and second language teaching, language arts and first and second language literacy. Significant…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Alternative Assessment, Annotated Bibliographies, Second Language Instruction
Northwest Regional Educational Lab., Portland, OR. Test Center. – 1995
This annotated bibliography features some of the current holdings of the Test Center at the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (Oregon) lending library on the topic of alternative assessment. There are two sections to the bibliography: a listing of the articles in alphabetical order by primary author, and an index. A set of descriptors was…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Annotated Bibliographies, Educational Assessment, Evaluation
Weiss, Robert O. – 1993
Speaking across the curriculum programs are a readily accessible venue for the assessment of oral communication competence and in some instances are already being used for such purposes. While so far the implementation of simple holistic judgments for quality assurance purposes has emerged as one practical procedure, further exploration should…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Communication Skills, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
Kulm, Gerald – 1994
This book is written to help teachers develop plans and ideas for implementing innovative approaches to assessment in their mathematics classes. Chapter titles are: (1) "Purposes and Goals of Assessment," (2) "Assessment and Mathematics Teaching," (3) "Procedural and Conceptual Knowledge," (4) "Problem Solving…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Concept Formation, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Minor, Kent J.; Muthig, William J. – 1997
The grade-level instruments that comprise this social studies component of the model competency-based education (CBE) assessment package for Ohio have been constructed to assist teachers in assessing student attainment of competencies with the best assessments possible. The package notes that the individual district may use these instruments as…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Competency Based Education, Elementary Education, Evaluation Criteria

Liebars, Cathy S. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 1999
Discusses using two alternative assessment methods, journals and portfolios, with preservice teachers in an elementary mathematics methods course. (Contains 13 references.) (ASK)
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
Maclellan, Effie – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2004
The current preference for alternative assessment has been partly stimulated by recent evidence on learning which points to the importance of students' active engagement in the learning process. While alternative assessment may well fulfill the aims of formative assessment, its value in the summative assessment required in higher education is more…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Formative Evaluation, Alternative Assessment, Summative Evaluation
Mabry, Linda – 1999
This book explains some basic assumptions that underlie different assessment systems, some connections between education and assessment, and some assessment options that have gone unrecognized. The discussion serves as a guide to designing a custom assessment program individualized to fit the students, school, and community. Part 2 contains…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Evaluation Methods

Hopkins, Martha H. – Preventing School Failure, 1997
Recounts experiences of a university professor who returned to the elementary classroom and attempted to implement the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Standards and appropriate assessment methods, including nontraditional paper-and-pencil tasks, journal-like writing assignments, focused observations, and performance-based assessments…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Mathematical Concepts

Berlak, Harold – Educational Leadership, 1985
Argues that overreliance on standardized tests contributes to the deterioration of educational standards, teacher passivity, and lack of student involvement in academic studies, thus undermining democratic education; lists several alternatives to standardized testing. (MCG)
Descriptors: Accountability, Alternative Assessment, Democratic Values, Educational Assessment
Rabinowitz, Stanley; Wong, Judy; Filby, Nikola – 2002
With reading, as with all academic content and skills, effective instruction is informed by sound assessment. Teachers' knowledge about classroom-embedded reading assessment must continue to be developed so that they can use the information it yields to make informed instructional decisions. At the same time, districts and schools must develop…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Beginning Reading, Emergent Literacy, Evaluation Methods