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Measures of success : assessment and accountability in adult basic education / editor, Pat Campbell.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Edmonton : Grass Roots Press, 2007Description: xii, 373 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1894593553
  • 9781894593557
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 374.126 22
LOC classification:
  • LC5225 A75 M43 2007
Contents:
Introduction / Pat Campbell -- Part 1. Types of assessment tools -- 1.1 Developing practice-based performance assessments / Christine Pinsent-Johnson -- 1.2 What does competence mean? Who decides? Competency-based assessment in adult education / Karen Geraci -- 1.3 Diagnostic assessment / Robin Millar -- 1.4 Standardized reference tests / William T. Fagan -- Part 2. International perspectives -- 2.1 Assessment for whom and for what? Stepping back to ask important questions about assessment / Katrina Greve -- 2.2 The challenges of consistency: national systems for assessment and accountability in adult literacy education / Ralf St. Clair and Alisa Belzer -- 2.3 Student assessment in Canada's adult basic education programs / Pat Campbell -- 2.4 Assessment in Australia: a balancing act / Jan Hagston and Dave Tout -- 2.5 A balancing act? The English and Welsh model of assessment in adult basic education / Jay Derrick, Kathryn Ecclestone, and Juliet Merrifield -- Part 3. A conversation among the international authors -- 3.1 Key principles for accountability systems / Pat Campbell.
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Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 374.126 MEA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A472805B
Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 374.126 MEA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A472809B

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Pat Campbell -- Part 1. Types of assessment tools -- 1.1 Developing practice-based performance assessments / Christine Pinsent-Johnson -- 1.2 What does competence mean? Who decides? Competency-based assessment in adult education / Karen Geraci -- 1.3 Diagnostic assessment / Robin Millar -- 1.4 Standardized reference tests / William T. Fagan -- Part 2. International perspectives -- 2.1 Assessment for whom and for what? Stepping back to ask important questions about assessment / Katrina Greve -- 2.2 The challenges of consistency: national systems for assessment and accountability in adult literacy education / Ralf St. Clair and Alisa Belzer -- 2.3 Student assessment in Canada's adult basic education programs / Pat Campbell -- 2.4 Assessment in Australia: a balancing act / Jan Hagston and Dave Tout -- 2.5 A balancing act? The English and Welsh model of assessment in adult basic education / Jay Derrick, Kathryn Ecclestone, and Juliet Merrifield -- Part 3. A conversation among the international authors -- 3.1 Key principles for accountability systems / Pat Campbell.

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