Standards-Based Mathematics Assessment in Middle School: Rethinking Classroom Practice

Romberg (education, University of Wisconsin-Madison) documents the shift from traditional ways of judging student performance to reform notions of mathematical literacy in this collection describing experiences in using new assessment procedures in conjunction with Mathematics in Context, an innovative set of curriculum material for teaching mathematics in grades 5-8. Each chapter tells the story of one or more teachers who discovered the need and developed methods for changing the way they judge student performance.