Portfolios Plus A Critical Guide to Alternative Assessment [Paperback]

This book is intended to help educators in developing and implementing assessment systems to recognize the many options available for consideration.

This book is intended to help educators in developing and implementing assessment systems to recognize the many options available for consideration.

PART ONE: ASSESSMENT, THE ENGINE AND ODOMETER OF REFORM
Trends and Contexts
Paradigms
Purposes
Scoring
Equity
PART TWO: EXAMPLES OF ASSESSMENTS
Emily Dickinson's Literacy Portfolios
LEAP's Curriculum-Based Assessment of Integrated Curriculum Units
Walden III's Rite of Passage Experience (ROPE)
Eagle's Wing Projects
Pan Terra's Learning Contracts
PART THREE: THE PORTFOLIO PLANNER