Spotlight on Assessment

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On Assessment


The Education Week Spotlight on Assessment is a collection of articles hand-picked by our editors including:

  • Classroom evidence of learning
  • Formative assessment
  • Computer-adaptive testing
  • The promises and challenges of open-ended test items
  • The debate over standardized testing

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Quality of Questions on Common Tests at Issue
Cost, reliability, and governance may deter states from using the kind of open-ended questions called for by Race to the Top.
January 21, 2010 - Education Week

Experts Lay Out Vision for Future Assessments
In their scenario, challenging and complex analytical tasks would replace the factual-recall questions that dominate multiple-choice tests.
February 23, 2010 | Updated: March 24, 2012 - Education Week

In Perspective
Adjusting to Test Takers
Computer-adaptive testing addresses individual student needs, but cost and logistical challenges persist.
November 17, 2008 - Education Week

Test Industry Split Over 'Formative' Assessment
There’s a war of sorts going on within the normally staid assessment industry, and it’s a war over the definition of a type of assessment that many educators understand in only the sketchiest fashion.
September 16, 2008 - Education Week

Commentary
A Better Way to Assess Students and Evaluate Schools
Using ideas employed successfully by other countries, Monty Neill proposes a comprehensive evaluation model to replace America's "test-and-punish approach."
June 18, 2010 - Education Week

Commentary
A Seamless System of Assessments
Robert Rothman envisions a world in which testing is neither excessive nor a waste of time, but a source of knowledge that can improve practice.
April 20, 2010 - Education Week

Commentary
Next-Generation Assessment Systems
The future, Stanley N. Rabinowitz writes, will include more flexibility, multiple measures of achievement, different roles for government, and technical innovation.
February 22, 2010 - Education Week

Commentary
In Testing, the Infrastructure Is Buckling
The problems plaguing testing have led states to gravitate to tests that mainly measure low-level skills, Thomas Toch writes.
July 24, 2007 - Education Week (Web)

Commentary
Five Assessment Myths and Their Consequences
Are we helping students and teachers with our assessment practices, or contributing to their problems?, Rick Stiggins asks.
October 16, 2007 - Education Week

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