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The goals of this study are (1) to investigate the potential of various forms
of alternative assessment to meet the needs of vocational educators, and (2) to
provide vocational educators with useful procedures for judging the
applicability of alternative assessments in their own setting. The study will
combine reviews of relevant literature with empirical investigations of
portfolios, performance events, and other educational assessments.
A project report will be produced describing the analytic framework,
illustrated with profiles of the alternative assessments studied.
The beneficiaries of this work include vocational educators at the local level
as well as educational policymakers at the state and national levels. For
those at the local level, the project will provide helpful guidance about the
use of alternative assessments. For state and national policymakers, the
project will evaluate the applicability of promising assessment options to the
vocational setting and will offer some critical judgments about current
vocational assessment prototypes.
The result of this project will be disseminated in the form of written
materials and training workshops. In addition, we will present a one-half day
training workshop and one or more hour-long presentations at national
conferences. We also will work to develop the assessment expertise of staff
associated with Workforce LA, an industry-education-community partnership
coordinating school-to-work programs in Los Angeles County.
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