Innovative Assessment for the 21st Century Supporting Educational Needs / edited by Valerie J. Shute, Betsy Jane Becker.

Innovative Assessment for the 21st Century Supporting Educational Needs Valerie Shute and Betsy Becker, editors Assessment continues to take center stage in contemporary education, not merely for the data themselves, but for what they can tell us about students and their instructors—and even more im...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Shute, Valerie J. (Editor), Becker, Betsy Jane (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
Edition:1st ed. 2010.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
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Table of Contents:
  • Prelude: Assessment for the 21st Century
  • Human Action and Social Groups as the Natural Home of Assessment: Thoughts on 21st Century Learning and Assessment
  • Growing Learning and Assessment in the 21st Century
  • Aiming at Learning: Assessment as the Critical Link
  • Sharpening the Aim: Making Strides to Create an Assessment Culture in Schools
  • Using Evidence Centered Design to Think About Assessments
  • Thinking About Assessments in a Transitional Time
  • Participatory Assessment of 21st Century Proficiencies
  • Making Assessment Relevant to Students, Teachers, and Schools
  • Automated Essay Scoring in a High Stakes Testing Environment
  • Assessing Change in Learners’ Causal Understanding Using Sequential Analysis and Causal Maps
  • Development and Use of a Tool for Evaluating Teacher Effectiveness in Grades K-12
  • Epilogue: Achieving Quality 21st Century Assessment.