Read two of the three articles listed below. There area a great many questions that arise when we consider the interlocking matters of measurement, evaluation, & assessment. Some of these questions include: (1) What is evaluation? (2) How has evaluation been defined over the years? (3) What has this meant for schooling? (4) How should we evaluate the effectiveness of how curriculum is delivered in school settings? (5) What sort of issues are linked to evaluation today? (6) To what degree does rationalization constrict freedom? Reflect on these questions as you read two of the three articles by Eisner, Sisken, & Au.
· WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO SAY A SCHOOL IS DOING WELL? (2001) – ELLIOT W. EISNER – (The Curriculum Studies Reader #27)
· OUTSIDE THE CORE: ACCOUNTABILITY IN TESTED & UNTESTED SUBJECTS (2003) – LESLIE SISKIN – (The Curriculum Studies Reader #26)
· HIGH-STAKES TESTING & CURRICULUM CONTROL: A QUALITATIVE METASYNTHESIS (2007) – WAYNE AU – (The Curriculum Studies Reader #24)
Additional articles/books on evaluation & assessment to explore include:
· The Measurement of Intelligence (1916) – LEWIS TERMAN
· Measuring Individual Accomplishment (1933) – RALPH W. TYLER
· The Nongraded Elementary School (1959) – JOHN GOODLAD
· Institutional Technology & the Measurement of Learning Outcomes (1963) – ROBERT GLASER
· Criterion-Referenced Measurement (1978) – W. JAMES POPHAM
· The Mismeasure of Man (1981/1996) – STEPHEN JAY GOULD
· The Bell Curve (1994) – HERNSTEIN & MURRAY
· Standards, Equity, & the Curriculum of Life (2001) – JOHN PORTELLI & ANN VIBERT
· Six Curriculum Mistakes (2009) – W. JAMES POPHAM
