Beyond the bubble test : how performance assessments support 21st century learning /

• Main Author: Darling-Hammond, Linda, 1951-
• Other Authors: Adamson, Frank
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass & Pfeiffer Imprints, Wiley, 2014.
• Edition: First edition.
• Subjects: Educational tests and measurements > United States.; Curriculum-based assessment.; Exceptional children > Rating of.; SOCIAL SCIENCE > Essays.; SOCIAL SCIENCE > Reference.; EDUCATION > Administration > General.; EDUCATION > Organizations & Institutions.; Educational tests and measurements.; United States.; Electronic books.

Educators are unhappy with the current assessments and their focus on low-level skills like recalling and restating facts rather than higher-order skills such as problem-solving and analyzing and synthesizing information. This book examines performance assessment as an alternative to the current hig...