Beyond Standardized Testing: Better Information For School Accountability And Management; Author: Elford, George W.; Paperback

Author: Elford, George W.
Paperback
Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810843854

Here's a fresh idea from an experienced testing professional that addresses the problem of the overuse of standardized testing. Elford argues that so-called test-based reform has given riseto the cram curriculum and turned schools into test-prep centers. Overlooked are the classroom teachers, who observe the actual work of students, and are the primary and richest source of information on learning. Beyond Standardized Testing lays out a better approach to accountability using standards, teacher judgments, and the tools of the information age. This is not an attack on standardizedtesting, which supplies the only interpretable information the public has been able to attain. Rather, it recommends comprehensive, computer-based systems that link every teacher and classroom into th