Assessing Teacher Performance

Sharon Castle is associate professor of elementary education at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. She has been heavily involved in research and development of Professional Development Schools and performance-based assessment of teacher candidates. She is a member of the NCATE Board of Examiners. Beverly D. Shaklee is a professor of curriculum & instruction and director of the Center for International Education at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. She is well known for her work in performance assessment and gifted education, both in the United States and internationally.

• Part 1 Part I: Overview of Performance Assessment Chapter 2 Performance Assessment in Perspective: History, Opportunities, and Challenges Chapter 3 A Performance Assessment System Chapter 4 Developing Credible Performance Assessments Part 5 Part II: Performance Assessment of Preservice Teacher Candidates Chapter 6 Course-Based Performance Assessments Chapter 7 Summative Performance Assessments Part 8 Part III: Performance of In-Service Teachers Chapter 9 Course-Based Performance Assessments for Advanced-Degree Work Chapter 10 Summative Portfolio Assessment Part 11 Part IV: Dispositions Chapter 12 Assessing Candidate Dispositions: A Work in Progress

Teacher education is a completely different world than it was a generation ago. Castle and Shaklee capture this transformation well, situate it with current examples, and raise important challenges for our consideration. Twenty-first century teachers must understand these critical issues in these critical times.