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Enhancing Learning and Assessment through E-Portfolios: A Collaborative Effort in Connecticut
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Goldsmith, Diane J. – New Directions for Student Services, 2007
E-portfolios are a rich, flexible tool for teaching, learning, and assessment. They provide institutions with a way to assess how well they are educating their students. However, it is important for institutions to know why e-portfolios are important learning and assessment tool for institutions both now and for the future. Higher education…
Descriptors: Portfolio Assessment, Portfolios (Background Materials), Computer Oriented Programs, Information Technology
Classroom Assessment in Action
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Shermis, Mark D.; DiVesta, Francis J. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2011
"Classroom Assessment in Action" clarifies the multi-faceted roles of measurement and assessment and their applications in a classroom setting. Comprehensive in scope, Shermis and Di Vesta explain basic measurement concepts and show students how to interpret the results of standardized tests. From these basic concepts, the authors then…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Standardized Tests, Scores, Measurement
Professional Development and Teaching Portfolios: The Douglas County Outstanding Teacher Program.
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Wolf, Kenneth; And Others – Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education, 1996
The pay-for-performance plan recently implemented in Douglas County (Colorado) bases teacher salaries on performance rather than longevity, considers extra duties, and offers incentives to high-performing school teams. The school district hopes to strengthen the professional development possibilities of this plan, including teachers' uses of…
Descriptors: Evaluation Utilization, Incentives, Merit Pay, Performance Factors