Assessment and the School Library Media Center Book

	Introduction
1	The Growth of Assessment	1
2	Library Information Skills and Standardized Achievement Tests	25
3	From Indicators of Quantity to Measures of Effectiveness: Ensuring Information Power's Mission	33
4	Expanding the Evaluation Role in the Critical-Thinking Curriculum	43
5	Assessing the Library Research Process	59
6	Alternative Assessment: Promises and Pitfalls	67
7	Assessment of Student Performance: The Fourth Step in the Instructional Design Process	77
8	What's the Difference Between Authentic and Performance Assessment?	99
9	Practicing Authentic Assessment in the School Library	103
10	The Potential for Portfolio Assessment	121
11	Assessing the Big Outcomes	131
12	Linking Assessment to Accountability: Sixth-Grade Performance Assessment	137
	Index	149