High Stakes Performance Assessment: Perspectives on Kentucky's Educational Reform / Edition 1

by Thomas R. Guskey

Overview

The implementation of a 'high stakes', performace-based assessment system has resulted in financial rewards being granted to those schools demonstrating improved results, while sanctions have been imposed on schools whose academic performance is poor. Contributors to this book examine the complex issues associated with this system in the state of Kentucky and offer diverse opinion on the topic.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780803961692
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	03/23/1994
Series:	Organizational Change Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	112
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.27(d)

About the Author

Thomas R. Guskey, Ph.D., is Professor of Educational Psychology in the College of Education at the University of Kentucky. A graduate of the University of Chicago, he began his career in education as a middle school teacher, served as an administrator in Chicago Public Schools, and was the first Director of the Center for the Improvement of Teaching and Learning, a national educational research center. He is the author/editor of 18 books and over 200 articles published in prominent research journals as well as Educational Leadership, Kappan, and School Administrator. Dr. Guskey served on the Policy Research Team of the National Commission on Teaching & America’s Future, on the Task Force to develop the National Standards for Staff Development, and recently was named a Fellow in the American Educational Research Association, which also honored him in 2006 for his outstanding contribution relating research to practice. His most recent books include Developing Standards-Based Report Cards (2010), Practical Solutions for Serious Problems in Standards-Based Grading (Ed.) (2009), The Principal as Assessment Leader (Ed.) (2009), The Teacher as Assessment Leader (Ed.) (2009), and Benjamin S. Bloom: Portraits of an Educator (Ed.) (2006).

Table of Contents

Introduction - Thomas R Guskey
Development of Kentucky's Instructional Results Information System (KIRIS) - Edward Kifer
Impact on Curriculum Reform - Peter Winograd and Karen Webb
Ensuring Educational Accountability - Scott Trimble
A School District's Perspective - Ben Oldham
Theoretical and Practical Implications - Edward Haertel