The Role of Classroom Assessment in Teaching and Learning. CSE Technical Report [electronic resource] / Lorrie A. Shepard.

This paper develops a framework for understanding a reformed view of assessment, in which assessment plays an integral role in teaching and learning. The proposed model is consistent with current assessment reforms being advanced across many disciplines. Three background sections of the report descr...

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Main Author: Shepard, Lorrie A.
Corporate Authors: University of California, Los Angeles. Center for the Study of Evaluation, University of California, Los Angeles. Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing, Center for Research on Education, Diversity & Excellence
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 2000.
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Summary:This paper develops a framework for understanding a reformed view of assessment, in which assessment plays an integral role in teaching and learning. The proposed model is consistent with current assessment reforms being advanced across many disciplines. Three background sections of the report describe: (1) curriculum and psychological theories that have shaped methods of instruction, conceptions of subject matter, and testing methods in the past; (2) a conceptual framework based on new theories and new relationships among curriculum, learning theory, and assessment; and (3) connections between classroom uses of assessment and external accountability systems. The fourth and fifth sections elaborate the model for classroom assessment based on social-constructivist principles, arguing for the substantive reform of assessment and its use in classrooms to support learning. The final section outlines the kinds of research studies that will be needed to help realize a reformed vision of classroom assessment. (Contains 6 figures and 186 references.) (SLD)
Item Description:ERIC Document Number: ED443880.
Sponsoring Agency: Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC.
Contract Number: R305B60002.
Contract Number: R306A60001.
Also distributed on microfiche by U.S. GPO under ED 1.310/2:443880.
Physical Description:90 p.