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T.S. Eliot, collaboration, and the quandaries of assessment in a rapidly changing world.

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From: Phi Delta Kappan
Date: 19970901
Author:Wineburg, Sam

An approach to assessment that considers what a teacher can accomplish with social support is a more effective measure of teaching than what that teacher can accomplish alone. Such a collaborative approach is integral to sustaining a community of learning.

In a corporate world that has all but abandoned the individual performance appraisal for the "work team review, " schools - and perhaps remote fire observation stations - are the last holdouts. Continuing on this path, Mr. Wineburg maintains, will ensure that the chasm between schools and the real world continues to widen.

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