Provides annotations of 12 conference papers, books, and other materials (published between 1991 and 1993) from the ERIC database that focus on teachers, students, and finding alternative ways to assess students' learning in a nontraditional classroom environment. (RS)

Summarizes 15 papers commissioned for the workshop on "Assessing Higher Order Thinking and Communication Skills in College Graduates," convened in response to National Education Goal V as presented in the America 2000 document. (RS)

Summarizes books, ERIC documents, and journal articles to provide a guide to some recent discussions of various kinds of student-centered assessments. (JPB)

Presents annotations from the ERIC database of eight journal articles, books, and conference papers (published between 1991 and 1995) on the issue of informal and classroom assessment. Notes that the annotations offer a wide variety of ideas and suggestions to help teachers carry out informal assessment in their classrooms. (RS)

Examines some of the variables that have been found to affect topic choice and writing performance in writing assessment. (FL)

Explores materials in the ERIC system that discuss all sides of the minimum competency issue. (RL)

Notes that performance and portfolio assessment are being used more widely and have gained acceptance as "good" assessment. Presents annotations of eight conference papers and other materials in the ERIC database concerning authentic literacy assessment. (RS)

Offers guidelines for use by teachers in choosing the best supplementary reading materials for classroom use. (FL)

Examines the arguments against the indiscriminate use of readability formulas. (FL)

Notes that while a number of viewpoints about adult literacy assessment exist, no one perspective dominates the field. Argues that both standardized tests and competency-based assessment poorly serve the adult learner. Argues that assessment of the adult learner can be conducted on an informal, nonthreatening basis. (RS)

Explores the problems faced in the testing of reading. Discusses research that assists administrators and instructors in choosing various standardized tests, and describes existing alternatives to traditional forms of testing. (RS)

Reviews a selection of the staff evaluation literature that appeared during the 1970s, covering problems in faculty evaluation; the student role; evaluation criteria, programs, and systems; and administrator evaluation. Includes a 47-item bibliography of ERIC documents and journal articles. (DMM)

Provides citations and abstracts for six documents from the ERIC junior colleges collection dealing with the evaluation of community college administrators and faculty. Specific topics covered in the documents cited include president evaluation, faculty evaluation systems, student evaluation of faculty, and the assessment of part-time faculty…

Discusses three studies that deal with instructional suggestions related to cross-age tutoring, the use of analogies, and some rethinking of a common testing practice--out-of-level testing for disabled readers. (FL)