Viewpoints

Beyond Testing:
Assessment for Teaching and Learning

The Booklet: A Guide to Contents
2003

Overview

• The Multimedia Package
• The Issue
• The Booklet: A Guide to Contents

Contents

• Introduction
  Provides an overview of the issue.
• The No Child Left Behind Act and Assessment
  Outlines the growing role of assessment in state and federal accountability policy.
• From High-Stakes Testing to Assessment for School Improvement
  Offers five key strategies for local education leaders as well as examples of tools and practices that might assist with the transformation.
• Conclusion
  Provides a reminder that annual testing can be a catalyst for school improvement.
• References

Audio CDs: A Guide to Contents

The CDs provide various perspectives on the issue of assessment. These interviews address the new federal accountability, the changing role of assessment at the district and school, and strategies for putting teachers back into the picture so that a more intimate understanding of a student's learning can be used to guide and measure improvement.

CD 1 - Interviews (in order of appearance)

1. Introduction



2. Marcie Dianda is a senior policy analyst and program consultant at the National Education Association and a member of the Commission on Instructionally Supportive Assessment.



3. Sandra Feldman is president of the American Federation of Teachers.



4. James Pellegrino is professor of psychology and education at the University of Illinois at Chicago and cochair of the National Research Council's Committee on the Foundations of Assessment.



5. Andrew Porter is director of the Wisconsin Center on Education Research and a frequent advisor to policymakers on test validity.



6. Art Coleman is a former deputy assistant secretary for the Office of Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education. He currently is a partner with Nixon and Peabody.



7. Jean Johnson is president of Public Agenda.

CD 2 - Interviews (in order of appearance)

1. Brad Duggan is interim president of the National Center for Educational Accountability.



2. Eliot Asp is assistant superintendent for research and assessment, Douglas County School District, Colorado.



3. Peter Robertson is executive director, Office of Research and Evaluation, Cleveland Municipal Public Schools.



4. Jay Mathews is an education writer for The Washington Post.



5. Jack Jennings is president of the Center on Education Policy.



6. Martha Thurlow is director of the National Center on Educational Outcomes.



7. Ted Stilwill is director of the Iowa Department of Education.