"Assessing Student Performance: Exploring the Purpose and Limits of Testing," by Grant P. Wiggins [book review].

Pettibone, Timothy J.

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ERIC Number: EJ598335

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Publication Date: 1995

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"Assessing Student Performance: Exploring the Purpose and Limits of Testing," by Grant P. Wiggins [book review].

Pettibone, Timothy J.

Journal of Educational Measurement, v32 n1 p97-99 Spr 1995

"Assessing Student Performance" sets forth arguments for looking at testing and assessment. The exploration is more about morality and epistemology than about technology and politics. A principal assumption is that mainstream assessment and testing philosophy is flawed. (SLD)

Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Occupational Tests, Test Construction, Test Use, Testing Problems, Testing Programs

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Language: English

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