This book focuses on the professional practices of elementary and secondary school
teachers. It can serve as the textbook for an undergraduate or first graduate course in …

In this book, Grant P. Wiggins clarifies the limits of testing in an assessment system.
Beginning with the premise that student assessment should improve performance, not just …

In this provocative and well-researched book, Alfie Kohn builds a powerful argument
against" teaching to the test" in favor of more child-centered curriculums to raise lifelong …

Discusses the aspects of authenticity, context and validity in student testing. Test-maker's
dilemma; Problem with testing by indirect items; Understanding and habits of mind; Intellect …

ABSTRACT A comprehensive review was conducted of writing research literature and
writing test program activities in a number of testing programs. The review was limited to …

Systemic reform in public education has undoubtedly been the most common educational
goal of the past decade. As this movement toward full-scale overhaul of the structure …

Throughout the 1980s there was a proliferation of achievement testing in America to
promote and assure the effectiveness of educational reforms. However, both traditional …

The call for alternative assessments of science achievement grows out of the current
constructivist reform in science curriculum and cognitive research. This article presents and …

This paper explores the multiple meanings of constructed response. The term is
conceptualized as a superordinate category subsuming a variety of item formats ranging …

ABSTRACT In the United States, opposition to traditional standardized tests is widespread,
particularly obvious in the admissions context but also evident in elementary and secondary …