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- catalog abstract "What is assessment and how does testing differ from it? Why will a move to performance tests, by itself, not provide us with an adequate system of student assessment? How might we better "test our tests" beyond the technical standards that now apply? And why won't increased national testing offer us the accountability of schools we so sorely need? In this book, Grant P. Wiggins clarifies the limits of testing in an assessment system. Beginning with the premise that student assessment should improve performance, not just audit it, Wiggins analyzes some time-honored but morally and intellectually problematic practices in test design, such as the use of secrecy, distracters, scoring on a curve, and formats that allow for no explanation by students of their answers. He explains how many test-design standards serve technical experts and their needs rather than students and their interests. And he discusses how useful and timely feedback is an absolute requirement of any authentic test. By showing us that assessment is more than testing and intellectual performance is more than right answers, Wiggins points the way toward new systems of assessment that more closely examine students' habits of mind and provide teachers and policy makers with more useful and credible feedback.".
- catalog contributor b4883647.
- catalog created "c1993.".
- catalog date "1993".
- catalog date "c1993.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1993.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-306) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction : assessment and the morality of testing -- Assessment worthy of the liberal arts -- The morality of test security -- Testing and tact -- Incentives and assessment -- Feedback -- Authenticity, context, and validity -- Accountability : standards, not standardization.".
- catalog description "What is assessment and how does testing differ from it? Why will a move to performance tests, by itself, not provide us with an adequate system of student assessment? How might we better "test our tests" beyond the technical standards that now apply? And why won't increased national testing offer us the accountability of schools we so sorely need? In this book, Grant P. Wiggins clarifies the limits of testing in an assessment system. Beginning with the premise that student assessment should improve performance, not just audit it, Wiggins analyzes some time-honored but morally and intellectually problematic practices in test design, such as the use of secrecy, distracters, scoring on a curve, and formats that allow for no explanation by students of their answers. He explains how many test-design standards serve technical experts and their needs rather than students and their interests. And he discusses how useful and timely feedback is an absolute requirement of any authentic test. By showing us that assessment is more than testing and intellectual performance is more than right answers, Wiggins points the way toward new systems of assessment that more closely examine students' habits of mind and provide teachers and policy makers with more useful and credible feedback.".
- catalog extent "xx, 316 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Assessing student performance.".
- catalog identifier "1555425925".
- catalog isFormatOf "Assessing student performance.".
- catalog issued "1993".
- catalog issued "c1993.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "San Francisco : Jossey-Bass Publishers,".
- catalog relation "Assessing student performance.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "371.2/64 20".
- catalog subject "Educational Measurement.".
- catalog subject "Educational tests and measurements United States.".
- catalog subject "LB 3051 W494a 1993".
- catalog subject "LB3051 .W494 1993".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction : assessment and the morality of testing -- Assessment worthy of the liberal arts -- The morality of test security -- Testing and tact -- Incentives and assessment -- Feedback -- Authenticity, context, and validity -- Accountability : standards, not standardization.".
- catalog title "Assessing student performance : exploring the purpose and limits of testing / Grant P. Wiggins.".
- catalog type "text".