| Series Editor's Preface | ix |
| Dedication and Acknowledgments | xi |
Chapter 1 | Introduction and Overview | 1 |
| What Is Authentic Assessment? | 1 |
| The Assessment Debate and Discussion | 3 |
| Some History of Assessment | 4 |
| Examples of Authentic Assessment | 7 |
| Writing Rubric A: Evaluation of Your Writing | 8 |
| Rubric B: Analytic Rubric for a Question on an Essay Exam | 10 |
| Rubric C: Holistic Rubric for a Question on an Essay Exam | 11 |
| Do's and Don'ts for Essay Exams | 11 |
| Portfolios and Assessment | 12 |
| Types of Portfolios | 13 |
| The Working Portfolio | 13 |
| The Record-Keeping Portfolio | 13 |
| The Showcase Portfolio | 14 |
| How the Electronic Portfolio Works | 14 |
| Portfolio Contents | 16 |
| Portfolio Assessment Examples | 16 |
Example A | Sample Teacher Portfolio | 17 |
Example B | Sample Doctoral Student Portfolio | 36 |
Example C | Sample Middle School Student Portfolio | 54 |
Example D | Sample University Undergraduate Portfolio | 58 |
| Educational Autobiography | 71 |
| Authentic Assessment and Today's World | 79 |
| Current Research on Assessment | 81 |
Theme 1 | The Value of Assessment | 83 |
Theme 2 | Examples of Authentic Assessment | 85 |
| Summary | 87 |
| References | 87 |
Chapter 2 | Chronology | 89 |
| Introduction | 89 |
| Postmodernism | 89 |
| Postmodernism and Applications for Assessment | 90 |
| Chronology of the Assessment Movement | 91 |
Chapter 3 | The Standards Movement and Assessment | 95 |
| Standards and Assessment | 95 |
| Ethical Problems with the Standards Movement | 96 |
| The Texas School Reform Case | 97 |
| Teaching for the Test | 100 |
| The New Discrimination | 101 |
| Continuing Ethical Questions Regarding Norm-Referenced Tests | 102 |
| Is the Test Score Accurate? | 103 |
| Race, Class, and Gender Bias in Testing | 103 |
| Ethical Questions Arising from Work on Multiple Intelligences | 106 |
| Easy Answers to Complex Questions: The Manufactured Crisis | 108 |
| The Importance of Educational Assessment | 110 |
| Why "Standards" and "Testing" Are Important Words | 112 |
| Problems with High-Stakes Testing | 112 |
| What FairTest Is Teaching Us | 113 |
| The Major Problems | 115 |
| Hope for the Future | 115 |
| References | 116 |
Chapter 4 | Pulling this All Together | 119 |
| Summary | 119 |
| Remembering Key Aspects of Assessment | 120 |
Chapter 5 | Selected Resources | 125 |
| Print Resources | 125 |
| Books | 125 |
| Articles | 136 |
| Videotapes on Performance Assessment | 146 |
| Web Sites with Performance Assessments | 149 |
| Web Sites about Performance Assessments | 150 |
| Summary | 153 |
Chapter 6 | Organizations Supporting Performance Assessment | 155 |
| Organizations that Provide Information on Assessment | 155 |
| Related Key Organizations | 168 |
| Related Educational Groups | 170 |
Appendix A | A List of State Coordinators for Testing Reform | 179 |
Appendix B | State-by-State Report on Assessment among States that Replied to the Survey | 181 |
Appendix C | A Glossary of Assessment Terms | 223 |
Appendix D | Sample Letter for Exercising Your Right to Information on Testing in Your State | 225 |
| Index | 227 |
| About the Author | 233 |