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ERIC Number: EJ444307
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1784
Putting Performance Assessment to the Test.
O'Neil, John
Educational Leadership, v49 n8 p14-19 May 1992
The desire for students to graduate with more than basic skills has fueled interest in performance assessment methods such as essay writing, group science experiments, or portfolio preparation. Officials in Vermont, California, Kentucky, Maryland, and other states are betting that performance assessments may prove as powerful a classroom influence as paper-and-pencil testing used to be. (MLH)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Multiple Choice Tests, Performance Based Assessment, Portfolios (Background Materials), Problem Solving, Psychometrics, State Action, Teacher Role
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: California; Connecticut; Kentucky; Maryland; Paper and Pencil Tests; Vermont