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Brown, J. D., Ed. – TESOL International Association, 2013
In this revised edition in the popular New Ways Series, teachers have once again been given an opportunity to show how they do assessment in their classrooms on an everyday basis. Often feeling helpless when confronted with large-scale standardized testing practices, teachers here offer classroom testing created with the direct aim of helping…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Perie, Marianne, Ed. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2010
For lower-achieving students with disabilities, effective and appropriate alternate assessment based on modified achievement standards (AA-MAS) can open the door to greater expectations and opportunities. State policymakers have the option of providing certain students who have disabilities with AA-MAS aligned with grade-level content--and now…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Low Achievement, Disabilities, Academic Standards
Russell, Michael; Kavanaugh, Maureen – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2011
The importance of student assessment, particularly for summative purposes, has increased greatly over the past thirty years. At the same time, emphasis on including all students in assessment programs has also increased. Assessment programs, whether they are large-scale, district-based, or teacher developed, have traditionally attempted to assess…
Descriptors: Testing Accommodations, Testing Programs, Educational Assessment, Adaptive Testing
Sax, Caren L.; Thoma, Colleen A. – 2002
The 10 papers in this book attempt to provide some creative approaches to assessment of individuals with disabilities as they transition from the school experience to the adult world. The papers are: (1) "For Whom the Test Is Scored: Assessments, the School Experience, and More" (Douglas Fisher and Caren L. Sax); (2) "Person-Centered Planning:…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Educational Assessment
Kleinert, Harold L.; Kearns, Jacqui Farmer – Brookes Publishing Company, 2010
To support K-12 students with significant disabilities and get an accurate picture of their skills and knowledge, schools need to implement effective alternate assessment based on alternate achievement standards (AA-AAS). This is the guidebook every team should have--not only to develop successful AA-AAS linked with grade-level content standards,…
Descriptors: Individualized Education Programs, Alternative Assessment, Disabilities, Program Effectiveness
Holland, Kathleen, Ed.; And Others – 1994
Suggesting many ways (not just one way) to understand what children are doing with language and literacy, this book presents essays that address the need for alternative perspectives as well as anthropological, socio-psycholinguistic, and reader response perspectives in assessing children's language and literacy. After "Introducation: What Is an…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Child Language, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnography
Genishi, Celia, Ed. – 1992
The teachers' stories in this book present ways of assessing children and curriculum that are embedded in everyday classroom life. Assessment here refers to teachers' informal ways of observing and documenting development and learning. Seven chapters include: (1) "Framing the Ways" (Celia Genishi), about the importance of story for conveying…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Curriculum Evaluation, Early Childhood Education, Elementary School Teachers
Graves, Donald H., Ed.; Sunstein, Bonnie S., Ed. – 1992
This book offers portraits of portfolio keepers--from first graders to university sophomores and graduate students, from teachers in graduate classes to administrators in public schools--as they learn how to use portfolios. The book's introductory chapter looks at shifting definitions of portfolios and offers seven principles to ensure growth of…
Descriptors: Administrators, Alternative Assessment, Case Studies, Elementary Secondary Education
Goodman, Kenneth S., Ed.; And Others – 1989
Intended for teachers from kindergarten through adult education and for administrators, this book demonstrates how teachers have created environments that facilitate whole language evaluation. Articles in the book discuss strategies used in evaluating students' growth across many curricular areas, including reading, writing, and second language…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Alternative Assessment, Classroom Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
Rowan, Thomas E., Ed.; Morrow, Lorna J., Ed. – 1993
This publication compiles a series of 18 articles originally published in 1989-91 in the Arithmetic Teacher on implementing the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) K-8 curriculum standards. The articles and references in the bibliography are organized into five groupings: (1) "Themes That Cut Across Mathematics," covering…
Descriptors: Algebra, Alternative Assessment, Classroom Communication, Data Collection
Regional Laboratory for Educational Improvement of the Northeast & Islands, Andover, MA. – 1993
This packet includes reprints of journal articles and other resources concerning the assessment of science and math in small, rural elementary schools. Articles include: (1) "Standards, Assessment, and Educational Quality" (Lauren B. Resnick); (2) "A True Test: Toward More Authentic and Equitable Assessment" (Grant Wiggins);…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Alternative Assessment, Curriculum Based Assessment, Educational Change
Butler, Priscilla, Ed. – 1997
A collection of essays addresses issues in alternative assessment in English as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instruction. Chapter 1, "Toward a Definition of Alternative Assessment," (Priscilla Butler) gives an overview of the concept of alternative assessment and introduces some theoretical considerations. Chapter 2, "The Roots of…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Case Studies, English (Second Language), Evaluation Criteria
Holt, Daniel D., Ed. – 1992
This document is a guide to the use of alternative assessments (surveys, interviews, observation measures, and performance samples) in a family literacy project. This resource guide focuses on using alternative approaches to identify learners' needs, determine learners' ongoing progress in meeting project objectives, ascertain overall success of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Alternative Assessment, Data Analysis, Data Collection
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Regional Laboratory for Educational Improvement of the Northeast & Islands, Andover, MA. – 1992
This packet includes reprints of journal articles and other information concerning student, program, and staff assessment in small, rural schools. The five sections of the packet cover an introduction to authentic assessment, classroom and subject area assessment, descriptions of assessment programs, assessment of school boards and staff members,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Alternative Assessment, Competency Based Education, Educational Change
Castenell, Louis A., Ed.; Tarule, Jill M., Ed. – 1997
This collection of papers examines the issue of minority and female deans in colleges of education, offering the current thinking by a group of minority and female deans of education. Part 1, "Changing Leadership: Tensions within Academic and Social Roles," presents the first four chapters: (1) "Surviving the Middle Passage: The Absent Legacy of…
Descriptors: Academic Deans, Administrators, Alternative Assessment, Black Colleges