Linking school and work : roles for standards and assessment / Lauren B. Resnick, John G. Wirt, editors.
| Other author | Resnick, Lauren B. |
| Other author | Wirt, John G. |
| Other author | United States. Department of Labor. Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publication Info | San Francisco : Jossey-Bass Publishers, ©1996. |
| Description | xxiii, 465 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Linking school and work. The changing workplace : new challenges for education policy and practice / Lauren B. Resnick and John G. Wirt -- Standards-based education for workplace readiness. Skills standards, qualifications systems, and the American workforce / Marc S. Tucker -- Policy choices in the assessment of work readiness : strategy and structure / Richard F. Elmore -- Signaling the competencies of high school students to employers / John H. Bishop -- A school-to-work transition system : the role of standards and assessments / Paul E. Barton -- Linking assessment and instruction. Quality control for educating a smart workforce / Alan Lesgold -- Designing an assessment system for the future workplace / John R. Frederiksen and Allan Collins -- A school-based strategy for achieving and assessing work-readiness skills / Henry I. Braun. |
| Contents | Technical requirements for new forms of assessment. Work readiness assessment : questions of validity / Robert L. Linn -- Evaluation of performance tests for work readiness / Robert M. Guion -- Open-ended excercises in large-scale educational assessment / R. Darrell Bock -- Lessons from abroad. New directions in the assessment of high school achievement : cross-national perspectives / Margaret Vickers -- The role of assessment in educating for high performance work : lessons from Denmark and Britain / Davis Jenkins. |
| Local note | Little-299912--305131005630R |
| General note | Papers commissioned by the SCANS commission. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| LCCN | 95037812 |
| ISBN | 0787901652 (alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | LC1037.5 .L55 1996 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |