R&L Education
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978-1-57886-417-1 • Hardback • April 2006 • $89.00 • (£68.00)
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Sharon Castle is associate professor of elementary education at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. She has been heavily involved in research and development of Professional Development Schools and performance-based assessment of teacher candidates. She is a member of the NCATE Board of Examiners.
Beverly D. Shaklee is a professor of curriculum & instruction and director of the Center for International Education at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. She is well known for her work in performance assessment and gifted education, both in the United States and internationally.
Part 1 Part I: Overview of Performance Assessment
Chapter 2 Performance Assessment in Perspective: History, Opportunities, and Challenges
Chapter 3 A Performance Assessment System
Chapter 4 Developing Credible Performance Assessments
Part 5 Part II: Performance Assessment of Preservice Teacher Candidates
Chapter 6 Course-Based Performance Assessments
Chapter 7 Summative Performance Assessments
Part 8 Part III: Performance of In-Service Teachers
Chapter 9 Course-Based Performance Assessments for Advanced-Degree Work
Chapter 10 Summative Portfolio Assessment
Part 11 Part IV: Dispositions
Chapter 12 Assessing Candidate Dispositions: A Work in Progress
Teacher education is a completely different world than it was a generation ago. Castle and Shaklee capture this transformation well, situate it with current examples, and raise important challenges for our consideration. Twenty-first century teachers must understand these critical issues in these critical times.
— Mark Girod, assistant professor, Western Oregon University
This volume describes how faculty at George Mason U. developed and implemented a performance-based assessment program for their candidates in preparation for an NCATE 2000 accreditation visit.
— Reference and Research Book News
Editors Castle and Shaklee have assembled an invaluable tool for teacher educators navigating the murky waters of teacher education accreditation. Recommended.
— CHOICE
If there is such a thing as just in time reading, then this book delivers just that.
— Tcrecord
[Assessing Teacher Performance] addresses a topic of much interest to institutions preparing for accreditation visits under NCATE 2000. Helpful suggestions about preservice teacher-education programs are available [in this book].
— Dale P. Scannell, professor emeritus, Indiana University