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Wheeler, Patricia; Haertel, Geneva D. – 1993
This handbook addresses the complex and expanding vocabulary of performance assessment and measurement by providing a glossary of related terms and lists of resources for the student, practitioner, and policymaker. Performance assessment includes all forms of such assessment from multiple choice and paper-and-pencil tests to alternative…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Definitions, Educational Assessment, Glossaries
Download full textKleinsasser, Audrey M.; Horsch, Elizabeth A. – 1992
Forms of assessment that are consistent with outcomes based education are discussed. Assessment in service to learning must inform students about their learning, provide data for teachers who plan instruction, inform parents about student progress, and provide data for policymakers. Chapter 1 of this document is "The Implications of…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Educational Assessment, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Latting, John – 1992
Current assessments in education are described, with particular attention to assessments intended for vocational education in order to help teachers, administrators, and policy makers make sense of the variety of efforts now taking place. At the moment, there is a great deal of controversy surrounding educational assessment. Central questions are…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Alternative Assessment, Educational Assessment, Educational Change
