Must Instructionally Useful Performance Assessment Be Based in the Curriculum?.

Fuchs, Lynn S.; Deno, Stanley L.

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Publication Date: 1994

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Must Instructionally Useful Performance Assessment Be Based in the Curriculum?

Fuchs, Lynn S.; Deno, Stanley L.

Exceptional Children, v61 n1 p15-24 Sep 1994

This literature review discusses the match between tests and curricula, measurement validity and instructional utility when sampling student performance in general and advantages/disadvantages of sampling performance in the curriculum. It concludes that sampling from the curriculum is not essential and outlines three critical features ensuring the instructional utility of special education measurement. (Author/JDD)

Descriptors: Curriculum, Curriculum Based Assessment, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Instructional Development, Performance Based Assessment, Sampling, Student Evaluation, Test Validity, Testing

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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