Dancing Along the Tightrope of a Creating a Culture of Assessment

• In Event: Poster Session 17
  In Poster Session: Research on Preservice Teacher Education for Diverse Urban K-12 Settings

Abstract

This ethnographic study explores the processes in which an urban teacher education community engages in designing a responsive, meaningful assessment system. The authors present the initial findings of an ethnographic study of an urban education and (a) define a framework for examining the culture of assessment within a setting engaged in teacher preparation; (b) identify the ways in which individuals in different roles in these settings experience and respond to the goals, activities, accomplishments and challenges of creating a culture of assessment; and (c) present ways in which teacher education can better shape and respond to accountability policies and efforts related to assessment and accreditation.

Authors

• Francine P. Peterman, Montclair State University

• Catherine Ann Hansman, Cleveland State University

• Sue Henderson, Queens College - CUNY

• Ashraf Anis Shady, Queens College - CUNY

• Linda Amerigo-Piccolo, Queens College - CUNY

• Michael Toner, Queens College - CUNY