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Subject Index

A
Accountability mechanisms, fairness of, 71 - 73
ADE. SeeArizona Department of Education
ALP. SeeNew Standards Project and Applied
Learning Program partnership
Applications Assessments
facilitators and barriers, 81 - 82
impact, 192
PWCPS, 189 - 192
site visit dates, 177
staff development, 190 - 191
summary, 189 - 192
Westgate Middle School, 177, 191 - 192
Applied problem-solving skills demands, 37, 39
Arizona assessment reform. See alsoState-initi-
ated assessments
ADE involvement, 229 - 232
ASAP, 19, 178, 229 - 232
content validity, 56 - 57
facilitators and barriers, 65 - 75
purpose, 28
validity and reliability procedures, 54
Arizona Department of Education (ADE), 229 -
232
Arizona Student Assessment Program (ASAP)
future plans, 231 - 232
impact, 231
Manzanita High School, 178, 230 - 232
resource and professional support, 230
site visit dates, 178
summary, 19, 229 - 232
Assessment reform. See alsoFacilitators and bar-
riers in reform; Findings; Implica-
tions for future research; Implications
for policy
case studies involving, 197 - 204, 226 - 232
community support for, 10
conclusion, 14
coordinated efforts, 108 - 110
curriculum and, 8 - 9
on district level, 7
generalizability, 12 - 13
impact of, 181 - 182, 188 - 189, 199 - 200
interaction with other reforms and assess-
ments, 107 - 110
on national level, 3 - 5
parallel efforts, 108 - 109
professional development and, 9 - 10
purposes, 62 - 65
relationship to change, 8 - 10
reliability and, 12 - 13
research design, 13 - 14
on school level, 7 - 8
on state level, 5 - 7
study objectives and purpose, 1
summary by level, 19 - 25
teacher appropriation and, 107 - 110
technical issues, 10 - 13
validity and, 10 - 12
Assessment tasks, 16, 34 - 37
design, 89 - 92
dimensions of task specification, 37 - 41
findings, 144 - 145
teacher participation in scoring, 95 - 96
B
Background literature, 167
C
CAM. SeeCertificate of Advanced Mastery
Case study summaries. SeeSingle-visit case study
summaries; Two-visit case study sum-
maries; specific states, school dis-
tricts, and subject areas
Center for Collaborative Education (CCE), 184
Certificate of Advanced Mastery (CAM), 197
Certificate of Initial Mastery (CIM), 197 - 200
CES. SeeCoalition of Essential Schools
Characteristics of assessments
conclusion, 60 - 61
cross-case analysis explanation, 15 - 17
explanation, 17 - 18
formats and systems, 32 - 34
about performance assessment, 33 - 34, 44 -
47
about performance assessment systems,
16 - 25, 33 - 34, 47 - 52
assessment tasks, 16, 34 - 36
dimensions of task specification, 37 - 41

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Publication Information: Book Title: Principles and Practices of Performance Assessment. Contributors: Nidhi Khattri - author, Alison L. Reeve - author, Michael B. Kane - author. Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Place of Publication: Mahwah, NJ. Publication Year: 1998. Page Number: 243.
    
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