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ERIC Number: EJ583022
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-189X
An Exchange of Views on "Semantics, Psychometrics, and Assessment Reform: A Close Look at 'Authentic' Assessments."
Newmann, Fred; Brandt, Ron; Wiggins, Grant
Educational Researcher, v27 n6 p19-21 Aug-Sep 1998
Discusses authentic assessment of student performance as it relates to academic improvement and educational reform. Points out that there is too much testing of basic knowledge and skills out of context, and too little teaching of complex concepts. (MMU)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Performance Based Assessment, Psychometrics, Semantics, Test Validity
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Note: For response see UD 521 372.