Assessment

ED376695 1994-07-00 Alternative
Assessment and Second Language
Study: What and Why? ERIC Digest.
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Alternative Assessment and Second Language Study: What and Why?
ERIC Digest................................................................... 2
ASSESSMENT AND TESTING CONTRASTED.......................... 2
WHAT IS ALTERNATIVE ASSESSMENT AND WHY IS IT
NEEDED?.................................................................. 3
AND WHAT ABOUT AUTHENTIC ASSESSMENT?..................... 4
WHAT IS PORTFOLIO ASSESSMENT?................................... 4
WHAT GOES INTO A PORTFOLIO?....................................... 4
WHAT ARE SOME IMPLICATIONS OF INCORPORATING
ALTERNATIVE............................................................ 5
CONCLUSION.................................................................. 5
REFERENCES.................................................................. 5

ERIC Identifier: ED376695
Publication Date: 1994-07-00
Author: Hancock, Charles R.
Source: ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics Washington DC.

Alternative Assessment and Second Language
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Alternative assessment, authentic assessment, portfolio assessment, self-assessment, self-monitoring, and the list goes on. Clearly, assessment is a popular topic these days.
Frequently encountered in professional publications, workshops, inservice training, and college courses, assessment meets the criteria for being a cutting-edge topic. Why is there such an emphasis on assessment in

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