Delta-K,  Feature Articles,  Volume 33, Issue 1

Selected Anecdotes About Anecdotal Comments

Journal of the Mathematics Council of the Alberta Teachers’ Association

Volume 33 Issue 1, December 1995

32 – 34

Selected Anecdotes About Anecdotal Comments

Werner W. Liedtke

Change in content, assessment and teaching requires changes in reporting assessment results. Romberg (1995) states that authentic or trustworthy assessment requires a reporting system sophisticated enough to embrace a complex view of the learner. “No longer will a single numerical score suffice to describe the complex processes involved in engaging the kinds of mathematical activity described in the Standards” (p. 16 ).