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Promises and Perils of Assessing Character and Social and Emotional Learning
Journal of Character Education
Short Title: Journal of Character Education
Format: Journal Article
Publication Date: 2017/01/01/
Pages: 47 - 52
Sources ID: 90751
Notes: Accession Number: EJ1171567; Sponsoring Agency: Institute of Education Sciences (ED); Acquisition Information: IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc. P.O. Box 79049, Charlotte, NC 28271-7047. Tel: 704-752-9125; Fax: 704-752-9113; e-mail: infoage@infoagepub.com; Web site: http://www.infoagepub.com/journal-of-character-education; Language: English; Reference Count: 6; Journal Code: MAY2018; Contract Number: R305A110143; R305A140562; Level of Availability: Not available from ERIC; Publication Type: Academic Journal; Publication Type: Report; Entry Date: 2018
Visibility: Public (group default)
Abstract: (Show)
Dr. Card's article provides useful and clear standards for determining what good measurement is, identifies important problems in the measurement of constructs important to character education, and provides clear guidance about measurement development. In this article, I raise 4 points that build on Dr. Card's work. First, advancing assessment in character education requires a vigorous pursuit of conceptual clarity. Second, the field will benefit from efforts specifically to create assessments designed for practice, and those efforts should include consideration of how assessment data are interpreted and used. Third, I highlight the importance in practice of being clear about the purposes for assessing character. And finally, I argue that the method of assessment is a critical but underappreciated consideration, because different methods of assessment are suited to measuring different dimensions of character. The article provides examples from the field of social and emotional learning that are relevant to the adjacent field of character education.