Definitions and perspectives / Elfrieda H. Hiebert, Sheila W. Valencia, and Peter P. Afflerbach -- Literacy portfolios : windows on potential / Jane Hansen ; commentary / Robert J. Marzano -- Assessment and evalutation of literacy learning / Jan Hancock, Jan Turbill, and Brian Cambourne ; commentary / John J. Pikulski -- Rhode Island's literacy portfolio assessment project / Mary Ann Snider, Susan Skawinski Lima, and Pasquale J. DeVito ; commentary / Robert C. Calfee -- Portfolio assessment : experiences at the Kamehameha Elementary Education Program / Kathryn H. Au ; commentary / Ileana Seda -- Literacy portfolios for teaching, learning, and accountability : the Bellevue Literacy Assessment Project / Sheila W. Valencia and Nancy A. Place ; commentary / Kenneth P. Wolf -- A multilayered assessment package / Teri Bembridge ; commentary / Marjorie Y. Lipson --

California's new English-language arts assessment / Barbara Weiss ; commentary / P. David Pearson -- Redesigning teaching and learning : the Arizona Student Assessment Program / Mary W. Garcia and Kathy Verville ; commentary / Charles W. Peters -- The Maryland School Performance Assessment Program : a new view of assessment / Barbara A. Kapinus, Gertrude V. Collier, and Hannah Kruglanski ; commentary / Karen K. Wixon -- Realizing the possibilities of authentic assessment : current trends and future issues / Sheila W. Valencia, Elfrieda H. Hiebert, and Peter P. Afflerbach.