Assessing Student Performance: Exploring the Purpose and Limits of Testing
Grant P. Wiggins
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Description for Assessing Student Performance: Exploring the Purpose and Limits of Testing
Paperback. The president of the Center on Learning, Assessment, and School Structure (CLASS) expounds on his philosophy of assessment; offers feedback alternatives to traditional invalidly validated testing; and argues that more testing would not increase accountability. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNA; JNKD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 27. Weight in Grams: 534.
Now in paperback!
"The most comprehensive and exhaustive treatise available on the imperative to change the ways we test and assess student performance...it will become a major reference work for supporters of student-centered assessment."
--Educational Leadership
"A 'must' book for the on-going debate on American school reform."
--Theodore R. Sizer, chairman, Coalition of Essential Schools
What is assessment and how does testing differ from it? Why are performance tests, by themselves, not an adequate system of student assessment? How might we better "test our tests" ... Read more
Now in paperback!
"The most comprehensive and exhaustive treatise available on the imperative to change the ways we test and assess student performance...it will become a major reference work for supporters of student-centered assessment."
--Educational Leadership
"A 'must' book for the on-going debate on American school reform."
--Theodore R. Sizer, chairman, Coalition of Essential Schools
What is assessment and how does testing differ from it? Why are performance tests, by themselves, not an adequate system of student assessment? How might we better "test our tests" ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780787950477
SKU
V9780787950477
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Ref
99-1
About Grant P. Wiggins
GRANT P. WIGGINS is the president and director of programs for the Center on Learning, Assessment, and School Structure (CLASS), a nonprofit educational research and consulting organization in Pennington, New Jersey.
Reviews for Assessing Student Performance: Exploring the Purpose and Limits of Testing
"The most comprehensive and exhaustive treatise available on the imperative to change the ways we test and assess student performance...it will become a major reference work for supporters of student-centered assessment."
Educational Leadership "A 'must' book for the on-going debate on American school reform."
Theodore R. Sizer, chairman, Coalition of Essential Schools "In the ... Read more
Educational Leadership "A 'must' book for the on-going debate on American school reform."
Theodore R. Sizer, chairman, Coalition of Essential Schools "In the ... Read more