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Cizek, Gregory J. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1991
This rejoinder to Grant Wiggins on performance assessment suggests that true educational reform will undoubtedly be evidenced by something more substantial than pocket folders bulging with student work. Labeling performance tests "authentic" does not ensure their validity, reliability, or incorruptibility. Such tests are neither replacements nor…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Multiple Choice Tests, Performance Based Assessment, Pilot Projects
Long, Claudia; Stansbury, Kendyll – Phi Delta Kappan, 1994
A 3-year pilot study of alternative assessments for over 500 beginning teachers revealed numerous possibilities, including high-inference classroom observations, semistructured interviews, structured simulation tasks, performance-based assessment center exercises, portfolios, videotaped teaching episodes, and revamped multiple-choice examinations.…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Beginning Teachers, Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education
