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Worthen, Blaine R. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1993
Lists 10 conditions essential to a school's readiness to explore alternative assessment methods, including desire for better assessment information, insufficiency of current assessment method, staff and parent openness to innovation, conceptual clarity, assessment "literacy," clarity about desired student outcomes, unsuitability of present…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, Performance Based Assessment
Kane, Michael B.; Khattri, Nidhi – Phi Delta Kappan, 1995
Summarizes the status of assessment reform, based on visits to 14 schools. Documents key characteristics of various performance assessments (portfolios, on-demand tasks, projects, exhibitions, and teachers' structured observations); determines which factors influence their development, implementation, and effectiveness; and analyzes interactions…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Case Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Performance Based Assessment
