{"product_id":"assessing-student-performance-exploring-the-purpose-limits-of-testing-9780787950477","title":"Assessing Student Performance  Exploring the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe president of the Center on Learning, Assessment, and School Structure (CLASS) expounds on his philosophy of assessment; offers feedback alternatives to traditional invalidly validated testing; and argues that more testing would not increase accountability.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The most comprehensive and exhaustive treatise available on the imperative to change the ways we test and assess student performance...it will become a major reference work for supporters of student-centered assessment.\" --Educational Leadership\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"A 'must' book for the on-going debate on American school reform.\" --Theodore R. Sizer, chairman, Coalition of Essential Schools\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"In the current torrent of talk about testing, Grant Wiggins' book constitutes an essential contribution. Rooted in historical knowledge, punctuated by acute philosophical analyses, and mindful of policy issues, Wiggins lays out the rationale for authentic forms of assessment.\" --Howard Gardner, professor of education and co-director of Project Zero, Harvard University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Assessment and the Morality of Testing.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Assessment Worthy of the Liberal Arts.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Morality of Test Scrutiny.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Testing and Tact.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Incentives and Assessment.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Feedback.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Authenticity, Context, and Validity.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Accountability: Standards, Not Standardization.","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405035708759,"sku":"9780787950477","price":32.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780787950477.jpg?v=1730488448","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/assessing-student-performance-exploring-the-purpose-limits-of-testing-9780787950477","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}