Interdisciplinary Education in the Age of Assessment

<p><em>Interdisciplinary Education in the Age of Assessment</em> addresses a prevalent need in educational scholarship today. Many current standards-driven curricula follow strict subject-specific guidelines leaving educators little room for interdisciplinary innovation. This book gears itself toward developing assessment models specific to interdisciplinary education positioning itself as a seminal volume in the field and a valuable resource to educators across the disciplines. Each chapter covers a major subject area (literacy science math social studies bilingual education foreign language educational policy) and discusses methods of assessing integrated/ interdisciplinary curriculum and instruction.</p>