authentic assessment

Article discusses CARE Authentic Accountability
plan

The excerpts below discuss the Massachusetts Coalition for
Authentic Reform in Education (CARE) Call for an Authentic Statewide
Assessment System.

Attributes of a School to Assess in a Review
by Ron Berger

Physical Facilities:

Size
Location, Accessibility
Scope: Adequacy for All Purposes
Physical Condition and Repair
Cleanliness; Care of the Building
Attractiveness
Display of Student Work and Achievement in the Building
Level of Student Respect for the Physical Facilities

Climate:

Monty Neill, Ed.D.
Excecutive Director
National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest)

Paper presented to the AERA Annual Meeting,
New York City, April 9, 1996  (Minor revisions, April 17,
1996)

By D. Monty Neill

In a "get tough" environment in which we are seeing
an increase in the use of graduation and even grade-promotion
tests, more testing seems to be on the agenda. Yet the problems
with traditional testing have not gone away, Mr. Neill warns.
He suggests a better approach.

by Monty Neill, Ed.D.,
Executive Director, FairTest

Promoting Sound Assessment - a paper prepared by
FairTest for the American Association of School Administrators,
published on our website with permission.

What Superintendents Can Do to Promote
Sound Assessment in Light of NCLB

By Monty Neill, Ed.D.
Co-Executive Director
FairTest

The following language changes to Title I, Part A, section
1111 of NCLB would encourage more productive assessments:

1. Paragraph (b)(3) ACADEMIC ASSESSMENTS-
Summary of key changes: limit mandated state assessments to three
grade levels in reading/language arts and mathematics; clarify
that assessments shall be standards-based, use multiple measures
including performance assessments, and ensure assessment of higher-order
thinking and learning.

• FairTest Fact Sheet: The Value of Formative Assessment HTML

   

• The Expert Panel on Assessment recommends overhaul of NCLB testing and accountability provisions.

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