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Publication Date: 1993
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Assessment to Improve Performance, Not Just Monitor It: Assessment Reform in the Social Sciences.
Wiggins, Grant
Social Science Record, v30 n2 p5-12 Fall 1993
Asserts that two forgotten facts in educational reform are that the student is the primary client of all assessment and that testing should be designed to improve performance, not just monitor it. Includes sample portfolio performance tasks on a variety of social studies topics. (CFR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Forced Choice Technique, Grading, History Instruction, Holistic Evaluation, Performance Based Assessment, Performance Tests, Portfolios (Background Materials), Social Studies, Student Evaluation, Student Projects, Teacher Expectations of Students, Thinking Skills
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Audience: Teachers; Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
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