Data-Driven Leadership (Jossey-Bass Leadership Library in Education)

Synopsis

Educators Are Unhappy With The Current Assessments And Their Focus On Low-level Skills Like Recalling And Restating Facts Rather Than Higher-order Skills Such As Problem-solving And Analyzing And Synthesizing Information. Introduction: The Rationale And Context For Performance Assessment / Linda Darling-hammond -- Looking Back: Performance Assessment In An Era Of Standards-based Educational Accountability / Brian Stecher -- Where We Are Now: Lessons Learned And Emerging Directions / Raymond Pecheone And Stuart Kahl With The Assistance Of Jillian Chingos And Ann Jaquith -- Reaching Out: International Benchmarks For Performance Assessment / Linda Darling-hammond With The Assistance Of Laura Wentworth -- Performance Assessment: The State Of The Art / Suzanne Lane -- Adapting Performance Assessments For English Language Learners / Jamal Abedi -- Supporting Teacher Learning Through Performance Assessment / Linda Darling-hammond And Beverly Falk -- A New Conceptual Framework For Cost Analysis / Lawrence O. Picus, Frank Adamson, William Montague, And Margaret Owens -- Investing In Assessments Of Deeper Learning: The Costs And Benefits Of Tests That Help Students Learn / Barry Topol, John Olson, Ed Roeber, Linda Darling-hammond, And Frank Adamson -- Building Systems Of Assessment For Deeper Learning / David T. Conley And Linda Darling-hammond -- Concluding Thoughts: Creating Next-generation Assessments That Last / Linda Darling-hammond, Frank Adamson, And Thomas Toch -- Appendixes: A. State Performance Tasks -- B. New Approaches To Performance Assessment -- C. A Framework For Measuring The Costs, Expenditures, And Benefits Of Performance Assessment -- D. Spending For Interim Testing At The Local District Level. Linda Darling-hammond, Frank Adamson. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 387-422) And Index.