Table of Contents
Acknowledgments vii
The Authors ix
1 Introduction: The Rationale and Context for Performance Assessment 1Linda Darling-Hammond
Part one : Through a Looking Glass: Performance Assessment Past, Present, and Future 15
2 Looking Back: Performance Assessment in an Era of Standards-Based Educational Accountability 17Brian Stecher
3 Where We Are Now: Lessons Learned and Emerging Directions 53Raymond Pecheone and Stuart Kahl with the Assistance of Jillian Chingos and Ann Jaquith
4. Reaching Out: International Benchmarks for Performance Assessment 93Linda Darling-Hammond with the Assistance of Laura Wentworth
Part two : Advances in Performance Assessment: Assessing and Supporting Learning 131
5 Performance Assessment: The State of the Art 133Suzanne Lane
6 Adapting Performance Assessments for English Language Learners 185Jamal Abedi
7 Supporting Teacher Learning through Performance Assessment 207Linda Darling-Hammond and Beverly Falk
Part three : Policy and Performance Assessment: Developing Systems That Can Work 237
8 A New Conceptual Framework for Cost Analysis 239Lawrence O. Picus, Frank Adamson, William Montague, and Margaret Owens
9 Investing in Assessments of Deeper Learning: The Costs and Benefits of Tests That Help Students Learn 259Barry Topol, John Olson, Ed Roeber, Linda Darling-Hammond, and Frank Adamson
10 Building Systems of Assessment for Deeper Learning 277David T. Conley and Linda Darling-Hammond
11 Concluding Thoughts: Creating Next-Generation Assessments That Last 311Linda Darling-Hammond, Frank Adamson, and Thomas Toch
Appendix A: State Performance Tasks 323
Appendix B: New Approaches to Performance Assessment 353
Appendix C: A Framework for Measuring the Costs, Expenditures, and Benefits of Performance Assessment 363
Appendix D: Spending for Interim Testing at the Local District Level 377
Notes 383
References 387
Name Index 423
Subject Index 429