Transitions in work and learning implications for assessment : papers and proceedings / [electronic resource] :
Alan Lesgold, Michael J. Feuer, and Allison M. Black, editors.
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1997.
- viii, 283 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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."
Includes bibliographical references.
The knowledge gap : rhetoric and evidence-- Is there a gap between employer skill needs and the skills of the work force?/ Skills and the economy : an employer context for understanding the school-to-work transition/ What is work? : rhetoric and ethnographic evidence-- Should social skills be in the vocational curriculum? : evidence from the automotive repair field/ Manufacturing the new worker : literate activities and working identities in a high-performance versus a traditionally organized workplace/ Assessing assessment : what we know how to measure, what we need to know-- Twenty-first century measures for twenty-first century work/ Postmodern test theory/ Caution flags-- Legal restrictions on assessments/ Assessment without adverse impact/ Visions of the school-to-work transition-- What policy makers and experts see (and do not see) in school-to-work transitions/ Getting to work : thoughts on the function and form of school-to-work transition/ Transitions in work and learning/ Harry J. Holzer-- Robert Zemsky-- Bonalyn Nelsen-- Glynda Hull-- Kenneth Pearlman-- Robert J. Mislevy-- Dennis Parker-- Neal Schmitt-- Larry Cuban-- Lauren B. Resnich-- Alan Lesgold.
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Vocational evaluation--United States. School-to-work transition--United States. Vocational education--United States. Occupational training--United States. Labor market--United States.