Why We Assess Students [microform] : And How. The Competing Measures of Student Performance. The Practicing Administrator's Leadership Series / James E. McLean and Robert E. Lockwood.

This book addresses the roles assessments play in education and provides detailed descriptions of the common assessment types, norm-referenced and criterion-referenced tests, and alternative assessments. Chapter 1 discusses the current arguments for and against the various methods of assessment, the...

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Online Access:	Request ERIC Document
Main Author:	McLean, James E.
Other Authors:	Lockwood, Robert E.
Format:	Microfilm Book
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1996.
Subjects:	Alternative Assessment. Criterion Referenced Tests. Educational Assessment. Educational Change. Educational Improvement. Elementary Secondary Education. Norm Referenced Tests. Performance Based Assessment. Student Placement. Test Construction. Test Interpretation. Test Use.