Assessment in the Learning Organization

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Assessment in the Learning Organization: Shifting the Paradigm

Edited by Arthur L. Costa and Bena Kallick

Introduction— by Arthur L. Costa and Bena Kallick

PART

Systems Thinking: Interactive Assessment in Holonomous Organizations

Chapter 1. A Systems Approach to Assessing School Culture— by Diane Zimmerman

Chapter 2. Examining One Practice As a Lens to the Whole System— by William Sommers

Chapter 3. Assessing the Organization— by Michael Couchman

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Process Design: Feedback Spirals As Components of Continued Learning

Chapter 4. Self-Evaluation: Making It Matter— by Alison Preece

Chapter 5. Making Parents Partners in Encouraging Intelligent Behavior— by Jane F. Fraser

Chapter 6. Preparing for Change: Standardized Tests or Authentic Assessment?— by Theodore Czajkowski and Margo Montague

PART

Shifting the Paradigm: Giving Up Old Mental Models

Chapter 7. The Challenge of Revising Report Cards— by Patricia J. Hoffman

Chapter 8. Developing Writing Prompts for Assessing Thinking and Content Learning in Science Classrooms— by Robert Swartz

Chapter 9. Whither Standardized Assessment?— by Charlotte Danielson

Chapter 10. Creating a Cadre for Performance-Based Assessment: A Process Approach for Connecting the Pieces Through Staff Development— by Ann Johnson and Kathryn Schladweiler

PART

Shared Vision

Chapter 11. The Dirty Hands of a Visionary— by Chris Louth

Chapter 12. Toward More Authentic Assessment— by Susan Kreisman, Marcia Knoll and Timothy Melchior

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Teams Build Assessment—and Assessment Builds Teams

Chapter 13. Through the Lens of a Critical Friend— by Arthur L. Costa and Bena Kallick

Chapter 14. Even a Superintendent Needs Critical Friends— by Sherry King

Chapter 15. The Writing Conference As a Critical Feedback Spiral— by Peggy M. Luidens

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The Developmental Continuum of Personal Mastery

Chapter 16. Criteria for Assessing School Improvement— by Victoria L. Bernhardt

Chapter 17. Attending to the Rhythms and Intonations of Learning: Listening for Changes in Students' Portfolios— by Patrick Monahan

Chapter 18. Seeing the Child Through Portfolio Collection— by Darlene Johnson and Sandra Silverman

Chapter 19. Portfolios As Critical Anchors for Continuous Learning— by Braden Montgomery

PART

Envisioning the World Anew: Seven Tasks Facing Learning Organizations

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