Introduction and overview / Williamson M. Evers and Herbert J. Walberg
Examinations for educational productivity / Herbert J. Walberg
Why testing experts hate testing / Richard R. Phelps
Early reading assessment / Barbara R. Foorman, Jack M. Fletcher, and David J. Francis
Science and mathematics testing: what's right and wrong with the NAEP and TIMSS? / Stan Metzenberg
Telling lessons from the TIMSS videotape / Alan R. Siegel
Portfolio assessment and education reform / Brian Stecher
Using performance assessment for accountability purposes / William A. Mehrens
Learning from Kentucky's failed accountability system / George K. Cunningham
Accountability works in Texas / Darvin M. Winick and Sandy Kress
Appendix: conference agenda.
