Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Part One UNDERSTANDING AUTHENTIC READING ASSESSMENT

CHAPTER 1 Definitions and Perspectives / Elfrieda H. Hiebert, Sheila W. Valencia, and Peter P. Affflerbach

Part Two AUTHENTIC ASSESSMENT IN CLASSROOMS

CHAPTER 2 Literacy Portfolios: Windows on Potential /
Jane Hansen
COMMENTARY: Robert J. Marzano

CHAPTER 3 Assessment and Evaluation of Literacy Learning / Jan Hancock, Jan Turbill, and Brian Cambourne
COMMENTARY: John J. Pikulski

CHAPTER 4 Rhode Island's Literacy Portfolio Assessment Project / Mary Ann Snider Skawinski Lima, and Pasquale J. DeVito COMMENTARY: Robert C Calfee

Part 3 AUTHENTIC ASSESSMENT IN THE CLASSROOM AND BEYOND

CHAPTER 5 Portfolio Assessment: Experiences at the Kamehameha Elementary Education Program / Kathryn H. Au Commentary: Ileana Seda

CHAPTER 6 Literacy Portfolio for teaching, learning, and accountability: The Bellevue Literacy Assessment / Sheila W. Valencia and Nancy A. Place Commentary: Kenneth P. Wolf

CHAPTER 7 A Multilayered Assessment Package / Teri Bembridge Commentary: P. David Pearson

Part 4 LARGE-SCALE AUTHENTIC ASSESSMENT

CHAPTER 8 California's New English-Language Arts Assessment / Barbara Weiss Commentary: P. David Pearson

CHAPTER 9 Redesigning Teaching and Learning: The Arizona Student Assessment Program / Mary W. Garcia and Kathy Verville Commentary: Charles W. Peters

CHAPTERS 10 The Maryland School Performance Assessment Program: A New View of Assessment / Barbara A. Kapinus, Gertrude V. Collier, and Hannah Kruglanski Commentary: Karen K. Wixson

Part 5 AUTHENTIC READING ASSESSMENT, PRESENT AND FUTURE

CHAPTER 11 Realizing the Possibilities of Authentic Assessment: Current trends and Future Issues / Sheila W. Valencia, Elfrieda H. Hiebert, and Peter P. Afflerbach

Author Index

Subject Index

"As teachers move toward more holistic approaches to literacy instruction, they are finding that traditional forms of assessment no longer give an accurate picture of what is happening in their classrooms. The need to develop assessments that mirror authentic classroom activities and contribute to learning is fueling a widespread and dedicated movement for reform. Authentic Reading Assessment: Practices and Possibilities includes nine case studies describing new assessment efforts, written by educators active in their development. From classrooms in Australia to a school district in Canada to statewide projects in the United States, these efforts are producing innovative techniques and exciting results with implications for all levels and audiences. But these projects are very much works in progress, approaches that are changing and expanding as their developers learn more about how authentic assessment can work in the classroom, district, and beyond. In the commentaries that follow each case study, literacy professionals add to the exchange of ideas that will broaden understanding of assessment issues and focus the reform effort. Comprehensive introductory and concluding chapters examine the background of and future challenges facing authentic assessment. Assessment has long been a problematic issue for educators at all levels: successful reform will depend in large part on the sharing of information and ideas about new approaches. The volume's editors "hope this book will encourage you to enter into the exchange"" (Book Cover)