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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778647603321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1997

ISBN

0-309-17466-X

1-282-08216-7

9786612082160

0-309-51840-7

0-585-02311-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

LesgoldAlan M

FeuerMichael J

BlackAllison M

Disciplina

370.11/3/0973

Soggetti

Vocational evaluation - United States

School-to-work transition - United States

Vocational education - United States

Occupational training - United States

Labor market - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

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."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

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.