Table of Contents
1 George F. Madaus, Anastasia E. Raczek and Marguerite M. Clarke -- The Historical and Policy Foundations of the Assessment Movement 2 Celia Genishi -- Assessing Against the Grain: A Conceptual Framework for Alternative Assessments 3 Linda Darling-Hammond and Beverly Falk -- Supporting Teaching and Learning for all Students: Policies for Authentic Assessment Systems 4 Stephen C. Ellwood, IV -- The Power of Possibilities 5 Yvonne Smith, A. Lin Goodwin -- The Democratic, Child-Centered Classroom: Provisioning for a Vision 6 Paula Hajar -- Awakening to the Mathematician Within: One Teacher's Story 7 Julie Heiman Savitch, Leslie Anne Serling -- I Wouldn't Know I was Smart if I Didn't Come to This Class 8 Margaret Borrego Brainard -- Assessment as a Way of Seeing 9 Sabrian Hope King -- Toward the Development of an Improved Urban Teaching and Evaluation Process 10 Nancy Dubetz, Steve Turley, Martha Erickson -- Dilemmas of Assessment and Evaluation in Preservice Teacher Education 11 A. Lin Goodwing, Maritza B. Macdonald -- Educating the Rainbow: Authentic Assessment and Authentic Practice for Diverse Classrooms 12 Asa G. Hilliard III -- Language, Culture, and the Assessment of African American Children 13 Beatrice S. Fennimore -- Moving the Mountain: Assessment and Advocacy for Children 14 Ana Mara Villegas -- Assessing Teacher Performance in a Diverse Society 15 Valerie Ooka Pang -- Assessing the Dialogue of Teacher in a Multicultural Classroom: A Difficult Struggle 16 Jennifer J. Robinson -- Parents as Allies for Alternative Assessment 17 Vito Perrone -- Toward an Education of Consequence: Connecting Assessment Teaching, and Learning