The Assessment Debate: A Reference Handbook

An authoritative reference on one of education's hottest topics, describing how the latest testing and assessment tools can be used to help improve student performance.

Valerie Janesick is professor of educational leadership and organizational change and chair of the Department of Education at Roosevelt University in Chicago.

Series Editor's Preface

ix

Dedication and Acknowledgments

xi

Introduction and Overview

1

(88)

What Is Authentic Assessment?

1

(2)

The Assessment Debate and Discussion

3

(1)

Some History of Assessment

4

(3)

Examples of Authentic Assessment

7

(5)

Writing Rubric A: Evaluation of Your Writing

8

(2)

Rubric B: Analytic Rubric for a Question on an Essay Exam

10

(1)

Rubric C: Holistic Rubric for a Question on an Essay Exam

11

(1)

Do's and Don'ts for Essay Exams

11

(1)

Porfolios and Assessment

12

(59)

Types of Portfolios

13

(1)

The Working Portfolio

13

(1)

The Record-Keeping Portfolio

13

(1)

The Showcase Portfolio

14

(1)

How the Electronic Portfolio Works

14

(2)

Portfolio Contents

16

(1)

Portfolio Assessment Examples

16

(1)

Example A: Sample Teacher Portfolio

17

(19)

Example B: Sample Doctoral Student Portfolio

36

(18)

Example C: Sample Middle School Student Portfolio

54

(4)

Example D: Sample University Undergraduate Portfolio

58

(13)

Educational Autobiography

71

(8)

Authentic Assessment and Today's World

79

(2)

Current Research on Assessment

81

(6)

Theme One: The Value of Assessment

83

(2)

Theme Two: Examples of Authentic Assessment

85

(2)

Summary

87

(1)

References

87

(2)

Chronology

89

(6)

Introduction

89

(1)

Postmodernism

89

(1)

Postmodernism and Applications for Assessment

90

(1)

Chronology of the Assessment Movement

91

(4)

The Standards Movement and Assessment

95

(24)

Standards and Assessment

95

(1)

Ethical Problems with the Standards Movement

96

(6)

The Texas School Reform Case

97

(3)

Teaching for the Test

100

(1)

The New Discrimination

101

(1)

Continuing Ethical Questions Regarding Norm-Referenced Tests

102

(4)

Is the Test Score Accurate?

103

(1)

Race, Class, and Gender Bias in Testing

103

(3)

Ethical Questions Arising from Work on Multiple Intelligences

106

(2)

Easy Answers to Complex Questions: The Manufactured Crisis

108

(2)

The Importance of Educational Assessment

110

(2)

Why ``Standards'' and ``Testing'' Are Important Words

112

(1)

Problems with High-Stakes Testing

112

(1)

What FairTest Is Teaching Us

113

(2)

The Major Problems

115

(1)

Hope for the Future

115

(1)

References

116

(3)

Pulling this All Together

119

(6)

Summary

119

(1)

Remembering Key Aspects of Assessment

120

(5)

Selected Resources

125

(30)

Print Resources

125

(21)

Books

125

(11)

Articles

136

(10)

Videotapes on Performance Assessment

146

(3)

Web Sites with Performance Assessments

149

(1)

Web Sites about Performance Assessments

150

(3)

Summary

153

(2)

Organizations Supporting Performance Assessment

155

(24)

Organizations that Provide Information on Assessment

155

(13)

Related Key Organizations

168

(2)

Related Educational Groups

170

(9)

Appendix A: A List of State Coordinators for Testing Reform

179

(2)

Appendix B: State-by-State Report on Assessment among States that Replied to the Survey

181

(42)

Appendix C: A Glossary of Assessment Terms

223

(2)

Appendix D: Sample Letter for Exercising Your Right to Information on Testing in Your State

225

(2)

Index

227

(6)

About the Author

233

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