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Moon, Tonya R. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1997
This book is a collection of nine commissioned papers that consider the educational reform represented by performance assessments, their advantages and disadvantages, and the challenges of successful implementation. Both theoretical and practical issues are addressed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Theories, Performance Based Assessment
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Brookhart, Susan M. – Educational Researcher, 1999
Comments on the discussion by Ginette Delandshere and Anthony Petrosky of the numerical rating of complex performances in the context of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Early Adolescence/English Language Arts assessment. Conceptualizes the discussion in terms of matching information to purpose in testing. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Arts, Measurement Techniques
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Delandshere, Ginette; Petrosky, Anthony R. – Educational Researcher, 1999
Responds to Susan Brookhart's comments on the discussion of assessing complex performances by Delandshere and Petrosky. Notes that the article focused on the meaning and usefulness of scores or ratings in the context of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards assessments. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Arts, Measurement Techniques
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Sykes, Robert C.; Ito, Kyoko; Fitzpatrick, Anne R.; Ercikan, Kadriye – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1997
The five chapters of this report provide resources that deal with the validity, generalizability, comparability, performance standards, and fairness, equity, and bias of performance assessments. The book is written for experienced educational measurement practitioners, although an extensive familiarity with performance assessment is not required.…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Measurement Techniques, Performance Based Assessment, Standards
Reber, Anne M. – 1995
The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Third Edition (WISC-III) is an individually administered test of intelligence for assessing children aged 6 through 16 years, 11 months. The WISC-III consists of several subtests, each classified into a verbal or performance scale. The child's performance on these measures is summarized in three…
Descriptors: Children, Intelligence Quotient, Intelligence Tests, Performance Based Assessment