316 pp. With bibliography and index. Dustjacket has a short closed tear at heel of spine, else a very nice copy. "By showing us that assessment is more than testing and intellectual performance is more than right answers, Wiggins points the way toward new systems of assessment that more closely examine students' habits of mind and provide teachers with more useful and credible feedback.".

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Bibliographic Details

Title

Assessing Student Performance: Exploring the Purpose and Limits of Testing

Publisher

Jossey-Bass Inc Pub, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

Publication Date

1993

Language

English

ISBN 10

1555425925

ISBN 13

9781555425920

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

First Edition

Condition

Very Good+

Dust Jacket Condition

Very Good

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Wiggins has written the most comprehensive and exhaustive treatise available on the imperative to change the ways we test and assess student performance.
:?Educational Leadership

:By showing us that assessment is more that testing and intellectual performance is more than right answers, Wiggins points the way toward new systems of assessment that more closely examine students' habits of mind and provide teachers with more useful and credible feedback.

About the Author

GRANT P. WIGGINS is director of programs for the Center on Learning, Assessment, and School Structure (CLASS), a not-for-profit educational research and consulting organization in Geneseo, New York. He has consulted with numerous schools, districts, and states on assessment and curriculum reform, including Kentucky, California, New York, Vermont, and Maryland.

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