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

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...

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Bibliographic Details
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.
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
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Summary: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 high stakes standardized testing system in theUnites States. A must-have resource for those interested in the current research of performance assessment in the 21st century, this book will help educators accurately assess the benefits and possibilities for adopting performance assessments nation ...
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781118889299 (epub)
1118889290 (epub)
9781118889329 (pdf)
1118889320 (pdf)
9781119210863
1119210860
1118456181
9781118456187
DOI:10.1002/9781119210863