Context and Perspective: Implications for Assessment in Education
- Author(s):
- Gordon, Edmund W.; Campbell, Emily B.
- Publication Year:
- 2013
- Source:
- Paper prepared for The Gordon Commission on the Future of Assessment in Education
- Document Type:
- Report
- Page Count:
- 20
- Subject/Key Words:
- The Gordon Commission on the Future of Assessment in Education, Empirical Data, Human Behavior, Cultural Bias, Adaptive Behavior, Human Development, Behavioral Assessment, Context Effects, Performance Assessment
Abstract
This essay explores how context affects human behavior, performance and the assessments of behavior and performance. The authors argue for a form of assessment that is capable of accounting for the contexts in which individuals exist.
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