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5: Performance Assessment
Links
General Links
Performance Assessment in Early Childhood Education: The Work Sampling System
Article by Samuel J. Meisels in the ERIC Digest. Explains the Work Sampling System and its developmental guidelines, checklists, portfolios, and summary reports. Also presents some research on the validity of the data it provides on children's school performance.
Designing Performance Assessments
Article by Jo Anne Wangsatorntanakhun, Coordinator of Professional Development at the Ruamrudee International School. Links to case examples of performance assessment in elementary and early childhood education and ESL and second language study.
Creating Meaningful Performance Assessments
Article by Stephen N. Elliott from the ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education. Discusses the reliability and validity of performance assessment and how teachers may influence children's performance.
The Uses and Limits of Performance Assessment
Article by Elliot E. Eisner in the Phi Delta Kappan. Examines performance assessment in a broad educational and social context. Argues that the potential of performance assessment is inhibited by the American competitive model of education and economics.
Tools Mentioned in This Chapter
Supplementary Readings
Ferguson, D. (1993). Something a little out of the ordinary: Reflections on becoming a interpretivist researcher in special education. Remedial and Special Education, 14(4), 35-43.
Forman, G., & Fyfe, B. (1998). Negotiated learning through design, documentation and discourse. In C. Edwards, L. Gandini, & G. Forman (Eds.), The hundred languages of children: The Reggio Emilia approach — advanced reflections (2nd ed., pp. 239-260) Stamford, CT: Ablex Publishing Corporation.
Fuchs, L.S., & Fuchs, D. (1996). Combining performance assessment and curriculum-based measurement to strengthen instructional planning. Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 11(3), 183-192.
Schwartz, I., & Olswang, L. (1996). Evaluating child behavior change in natural settings: Exploring alternative strategies for data collection. Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 16, 82-101.
Wiggins, G. (1989, April), Teaching to the (authentic) test. Educational Leadership, 41-46.
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