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(More customer reviews)I had higher hopes for this book. The author fairly eloquently advances a bunch of opinions, but (1) how about backing it up with research about what testing methodologies "work" or what the impact of these methodologies are and (2) how about some sense of how a teacher could actually implement these methodologies that are more "free-form"? His examples of a Harvard University exam are nice, but perhaps a little daunting.
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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 SchoolsWhat 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" beyond current technical standards? And why won't increased national testing offer the accountability of schools we so sorely need? In Assessing Student Performance, Grant P. Wiggins explores these questions and clarifies the limits of testing in an assessment system. He analyzes problematic practices in test design and formats that prevent students from explaining their answers. By showing us that assessment is more than testing and intellectual performance is more than right answers, Wiggins leads us to new systems of assessment that more closely examine students' habits of mind and provide teachers and policy makers with more useful and credible feedback.
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