Transitions in work and learning : implications for assessment : papers and proceedings / / Alan Lesgold, Michael J. Feuer, and Allison M. Black, editors.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm)
• TeilnehmendeR: Lesgold, Alan M.; Feuer, Michael J.; Black, Allison M.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 1997
• Language: English
• Physical Description: viii, 283 p. :; ill.
• Notes: Papers presented at a conference held in March 1996.; "Board on Testing and Assessment, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council."

Table of Contents

The knowledge gap : rhetoric and evidence-- Is there a gap between employer skill needs and the skills of the work force?/ Harry J. Holzer-- Skills and the economy : an employer context for understanding the school-to-work transition/ Robert Zemsky-- What is work? : rhetoric and ethnographic evidence-- Should social skills be in the vocational curriculum? : evidence from the automotive repair field/ Bonalyn Nelsen-- Manufacturing the new worker : literate activities and working identities in a high-performance versus a traditionally organized workplace/ Glynda Hull-- Assessing assessment : what we know how to measure, what we need to know-- Twenty-first century measures for twenty-first century work/ Kenneth Pearlman-- Postmodern test theory/ Robert J. Mislevy-- Caution flags-- Legal restrictions on assessments/ Dennis Parker-- Assessment without adverse impact/ Neal Schmitt-- Visions of the school-to-work transition-- What policy makers and experts see (and do not see) in school-to-work transitions/ Larry Cuban-- Getting to work : thoughts on the function and form of school-to-work transition/ Lauren B. Resnich-- Transitions in work and learning/ Alan Lesgold.