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Zawojewski, Judith S.; Lesh, Richard – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 1996
Discusses weaknesses in using single-value indicators to describe students' abilities in mathematics and offers alternatives, such as portfolios, self-reports, and other qualitative methods. (MKR)
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Achievement, Student 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
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

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

Barnett, David W.; Macmann, Gregg M. – Journal of Special Education, 1992
This paper uses the concepts of decision reliability and validity to analyze three alternative psychoeducational assessment strategies: multiple gating, template matching, and time-series methods. It argues that relatively little knowledge is gained through analysis of individual scales and assessment technologies without considering the…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Decision Making, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Yancey, Kathleen Blake, Ed. – 1992
This collection of 10 essays argues that portfolios in the writing classroom are worth exploring and that such exploration opens up new opportunities: new ways to learn to write, to think about teaching writing, to understand students, teachers, and curricula, and to describe and report on what is found. The collection makes this argument by…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Higher Education, Intermediate Grades, Middle Schools
Zimmerman, Enid – 1991
Evaluation of student learning and achievement in multicultural art programs should reflect the learning styles of students from diverse ethnic, racial, and class backgrounds. Traditional standardized tests measure factural knowledge and memorization skills never higher order thinking skills. Some authentic assessment measures include exhibitions,…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Anthropology, Art Education, Cultural Activities

Valencia, Sheila W. – Preventing School Failure, 1997
The limitations of standardized tests of reading ability in young children are examined and authentic assessment alternatives, including multiple measures of student learning and the close interaction of assessment and teaching, are identified. Examples of authentic classroom assessments are detailed for emergent readers, beginning readers, and…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Beginning Reading, Diagnostic Teaching, Emergent Literacy
Romberg, Thomas A., Ed. – 1992
This books contains papers written on issues related to externally mandated mathematics tests and their influence on school mathematics. Chapter 1 presents an overview of the book, including brief abstracts of each chapter. Chapter 2 presents a summary of the overall problems associated with the need for valid information. Remaining chapters…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Calculators, Criticism, Educational Assessment

MacGregor, Ronald N. – Art Education, 1992
Reviews alternative assessment practices in several nations and questions whether these techniques should be used in the United States. Focuses on moderation, a technique in which trained evaluators adjust grades to ensure equitable distribution among participating schools. Concludes that evaluation in art education presents special problems and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Alternative Assessment, Art Education, Educational Testing
Information Update, 1989
This issue of a quarterly newsletter focuses on alternative assessment methods in adult basic education. It is occasioned, as explained in the opening editorial, by the announcement of the requirement for use of the 1987 edition of the Tests of Adult Basic Education for pre- and posttesting of basic education students in New York City, beginning…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Alternative Assessment
Lowenthal, Barbara – Academic Therapy, 1988
Maintaining the precision necessary for administering norm referenced tests can be a problem for the special education teacher who is trained to assist the student. Criterion-referenced tests, observations, and interviews are presented as effective alternative assessment techniques. (JDD)
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Criterion Referenced Tests, Disabilities, Educational Diagnosis
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Div. of Special Education. – 1989
The report summarizes findings and recommendations of a California Task Force which arose out of a California court decision (Larry P. versus Riles) which prohibits the use of intelligence tests for assessing black pupils to determine their placement in special education programs and requires alternative means of assessment. Seven major…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Black Students, Court Litigation, Disabilities