The Prices of Secrecy: The Social, Intellectual, and Psychological Costs of Current Assessment Practice

Contents Introduction: THE SOCIAL, INTELLECTUAL, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL PRICES OF SECRECY, Katherine A. Viator ..................................................... l Overview: The Social Costs of Secrecy ................................................................................ 9 SECRECY IN TESTING: THE Scx:IAL COSTS FROM AN EQUITY PERSPECTIVE, Asa G. Hilliard, III ......... . .................... . .............. . .. . .... 11 THE UNFAlR EFFECf5 OF STANDARDIZED TESTING ON . BLACKS AND OUIER MINORITIES, Charles V Willie ............................................ THE LEGAL ADVANTAGES OF OPEN TESTING, Jay P. Heubert .. ............. ..................... SENDING CLEAR SIGNALS TO ScHOOLS AND LABOR MARKETs, Sue E. Berryman ............................................................................... 19 27 35 Overview: The Intellectual Costs of Secrecy ............................... ................................... ..47 THE INTELLECTUAL PRICES OF SECRECY IN MAlHEMATICS ASSESSMENT, Judah L. Schwartz ............................... .... ............ . 49 ASSESSMENT IN ScIENCE EDUCATION, Senta A. Raizen ............................................ LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGE ARTS ASSESSMENT, Carol S. Chomsky ......................... Overview: The Ps y chological Costs of Secre cy . .. . .. .... ... . .. . . .... .. ........ ..... ... ..... .... .. ...... ........ SECURE TESTS, INSECURE TEST TAKERS, Grant Wiggins .......................................... THE PSYCHOLOGICAL COSTS OF SECRECY AND THE PROMISE OF OPENNESS: THE IMPACT ON THE TEACHER, Elizabeth K. Stage ....................... TESTING, TEACHERS AND ScHOOLS, Vito Perrone .................................................... Conclusion: A ROLE FOR TECHNOLOGY IN CHANGING AsSESSMENT: 57 69 77 79 93 99 F ROM BIAS, MEDIOCRITY, AND INTIMIDATION TO FAIRNESS, CHALLENGE, AND SUPPORT, Judah L. Schwartz . . .. . .. ..... ... .. .. ... ...... . . . . .. . ... 109