Transforming: K-12 Assessment: Integrating Accountability Testing, Formative Assessment and Professional Support

Author(s):

Bennett, Randy Elliot; Gitomer, Drew H.

Publication Year:

2009

Source:

Wyatt-Smith, Claire; Cumming, J. Joy (eds.) Educational Assessment in the 21st Century: Connecting Theory and Practice. New York: Springer, 2009, p43-61

Document Type:

Chapter

Page Count:

19

Subject/Key Words:

K-12 Assessments, Accountability, Formative Assessment, Professional Support, No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), Diagnostic Assessment, Cognitively Based Assessment of, for, and as Learning (CBAL), Item Response Theory (IRT)