Winter 2002
18.2

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Personalized Assessment and Standards

Dear Readers

Letters from Deborah Meier, Principal of Mission Hill School and Jill Davidson, Horace editor.

Feature Articles

Personalization, High Standards and the Assessment Debates
by Jill davidson

Example: Southern Maine Partnership's Local Comprehensive Assessment System

Example: Middle College High School Space Science Overview

Book Reviews

Radical Equations: Math Literacy and Civil Rights
by Robert P. Moses and Charles E. Cobb, Jr., reviewed by Nile Malloy

Portfolios Plus: A Critical Guide to Alternative Assessment
by Linda Mabry

The Power of Portfolios: What Children Can Teach Us About Learning and Assessment
by Elizabeth A. Herbert

Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, a's, Praise, and Other Bribes
by Alfie Kohn, reviewed by Kathy Simon

Failing our Kids: Why the Testing Craze Won't Fix Our Schools
edited by Kathy Swope and Barbara Miner

Where to Go for More:

Resources for Responding to Calls for Accountability

Extra

Assessment Terminology: Key Concepts for
Shared Understanding


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