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Book SynopsisPerformance assessment is a hot topic in school systems, and educators continue to analyze its costs, benefits, and feasibility as a replacement for high-stakes testing. Until now, researchers and policymakers have had to dig to find out what we know and what we still have to learn about performance assessment.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii
The Authors ix
1 Introduction: The Rationale and Context for Performance Assessment 1
Linda Darling-Hammond
Part one : Through a Looking Glass: Performance Assessment Past, Present, and Future 15
2 Looking Back: Performance Assessment in an Era of Standards-Based Educational Accountability 17
Brian Stecher
3 Where We Are Now: Lessons Learned and Emerging Directions 53
Raymond Pecheone and Stuart Kahl with the Assistance of Jillian Chingos and Ann Jaquith
4. Reaching Out: International Benchmarks for Performance Assessment 93
Linda Darling-Hammond with the Assistance of Laura Wentworth
Part two : Advances in Performance Assessment: Assessing and Supporting Learning 131
5 Performance Assessment: The State of the Art 133
Suzanne Lane
6 Adapting Performance Assessments for English Language Learners 185
Jamal Abedi
7 Supporting Teacher Learning through Performance Assessment 207
Linda Darling-Hammond and Beverly Falk
Part three : Policy and Performance Assessment: Developing Systems That Can Work 237
8 A New Conceptual Framework for Cost Analysis 239
Lawrence O. Picus, Frank Adamson, William Montague, and Margaret Owens
9 Investing in Assessments of Deeper Learning: The Costs and Benefits of Tests That Help Students Learn 259
Barry Topol, John Olson, Ed Roeber, Linda Darling-Hammond, and Frank Adamson
10 Building Systems of Assessment for Deeper Learning 277
David T. Conley and Linda Darling-Hammond
11 Concluding Thoughts: Creating Next-Generation Assessments That Last 311
Linda Darling-Hammond, Frank Adamson, and Thomas Toch
Appendix A: State Performance Tasks 323
Appendix B: New Approaches to Performance Assessment 353
Appendix C: A Framework for Measuring the Costs, Expenditures, and Benefits of Performance Assessment 363
Appendix D: Spending for Interim Testing at the Local District Level 377
Notes 383
References 387
Name Index 423
Subject Index 429
