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ERIC Number: EJ582370
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-4056
But What's Wrong with Letter Grades? Responding to Parents' Questions about Alternative Assessment.
Culbertson, Linda Doutt; Jalongo, Mary Renck
Childhood Education, v75 n3 p130-35 Spr 1999
Answers parents' most common questions about alternative assessment. Discusses: why there is a need for change in the way students are evaluated; what alternative assessment is; how parents can recognize the components of an alternative assessment; when alternative assessment occurs; and how alternative assessment contributes to children's learning. (TJQ)
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Check Lists, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Grades (Scholastic), Informal Assessment, Parent Attitudes, Parent Teacher Conferences, Portfolio Assessment, Portfolios (Background Materials), Report Cards, Student Evaluation, Student Improvement
Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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