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Assessment in Education


    Assessment has always been a key point in teaching, and today there are many forms of assessment besides the traditional test or term paper. Listed below are a few sites that may help you think about the whole issue of how we best assess whether or not students have learned.


[Button] Alternative Assessment from ncrel (North Central Regional Educational Laboratory)
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/methods/assment/as8lk30.htm
This site has links to articles and ERIC Digests about alternative forms of assessment.

[Button] CRESST (National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing)
http://www.cse.ucla.edu/
Funded by the U.S. Department of Education and the Office of Educational Research and Improvement, CRESST conducts research on important topics related to K-12 educational testing.

[Button] FairTest:The National Center for Fair & Open Testing
http://fairtest.org/index.htm
FairTest is an advocacy organization trying to end what it considers the abuses of standardized testing. This site contains articles, news, and links dealing with various aspects of testing.

[Button] Helping Your Students with Homework: A Guide for Teachers
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/HelpingStudents/index.html
This government publication from the United States Department of Education has many tips for the teacher. However, please notice that it is archived information and is no longer being updated.

[Button] The Michigan Electronic Library -- Alternative Assessment
http://web.mel.org/viewtopic.jsp?id=1656&pathid=3768
This site has a long list of links to varied resources -- articles, state frameworks, research papers, rubrics, etc.

[Button] Preparing for Assessment
http://mathforum.org/t2t/faq/faq.assessmentprep.html
This site from The Math Forum covers various aspects of assessment, and contains links to sites about some of the common, standardized tests.

[Button] Rubrics for Web Lessons
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/rubrics/weblessons.htm
This page, by Nancy Pickett and Bernie Dodge, lists the advantages of using rubrics in establishing assessment criteria, as well as articles on authentic assessment, examples of rubrics, guidelines for creating rubrics, and an exercise featuring a rubric template.

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