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Article: Alternative assessment: what, why, how. (physical education)
- Article from:
- JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance
- Article date:
- September 1, 1997
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For the past decade, one of the most notable changes in education reform is the movement to performance-based assessment. As a result, new assessment formats, such as performance assessment, authentic assessment, portfolio assessment, and outcome-based assessment, have been proposed and applied in many educational settings. As a result of the reform movement, professionals have noticed the change (Safrit & Wood, 1995). Some of these formats have been introduced (see, e.g., Melograno, 1994), and a few states have begun to use these assessments in practice (Lund, 1994). However, the new assessments have not been introduced and described systematically in the professional ...