May 1998 New Bibliography Updates Math Assessment Listings
"M athematics alternative assessment continues to be a hot topic, with lots of activity on development, standards setting, and relation to reform," says NWREL researcher Judy Arter, introducing the latest edition of Bibliography of Assessment Alternatives: Mathematics.
Arter and her colleagues in the Laboratory’s Assessment and Evaluation Program define alternative assessment as "any assessment in which students construct a response to a question rather than choosing a response from a list." Applying that definition, the bibliography describes nearly 200 articles, books, papers, tests, and other documents that offer both theoretical discussions of assessment strategies and practical applications of innovative approaches. The collection covers all grade levels and includes assessments at all the levels—classroom, state, national, and international.
Among the listings are:
To order a copy of the Bibliography of Assessment Alternatives: Mathematics, please print and return this month's Order Form. The Bibliography of Assessment Alternatives: Mathematics is also available online in PDF format.Adobe Acrobat Reader is necessary to view this document. Items listed in the bibliographies are available on loan from NWREL’s Assessment Resource Library. For information, contact Matthew Whitaker at (503) 275-9582 or 1-800-547-6339, ext. 582.
- Crowley, Mary L. Student Mathematics Portfolio: More Than a Display Case. Located in: The Mathematics Teacher 86, October 1993. (AL#500.3STUMAP) The author discusses the use of math portfolios to document progress on the "big" National Council of Teachers of Mathematics outcomes—problem solving, valuing mathematics, developing mathematical confidence, communicating mathematically, and reasoning mathematically. A middle school example provides a fair amount of detail, including a sample letter to students outlining the task, a description of what students need to include, and a hint of how content might be assessed. The portfolio is semi-structuredteacher specifies categories of entries and the student selects which samples of work to include in each category. Students must write explanations for their selections.
- Illinois State Board of Education. Effective Scoring Rubrics—A Guide to Their Development and Use, 1995. (AL#150.6EFFSCR) This short booklet provides a good overview of the characteristics of sound performance criteria (rubrics, scoring guides) and uses Illinois’ writing and math rubrics as examples. The author values analytic/ holistic, developmental, generalizable rubrics for the classroom.
- Perlman, Carole. The CPS Performance Assessment Idea Book, November 1994. (AL#000.3CPSPEA) This handbook was developed to assist educators in developing performance assessment. Its most notable feature is a bank of over 90 sets of rubrics for assessing student performance in various grade levels and subject areas—reading, writing, math, science, social studies, and fine arts. There are also well-written sections on how to develop and evaluate rubrics and performance tasks.
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