Good point. If we want students to apply skills and be able to learn on their own, we need to also assess those skills.
Information on testing, assessment, and grading. A university resource, but still useful for K-12.
NWREL Toolkit regarding standards-based assessment, integrating assessments with instruction, grading, etc.
Classroom assessment techniques. Includes a list of possible assessment techniques.
Exemplars -- offer standards-based assessments and instructional materials.
Resources for various protocols to look at assignments, assessments, and student work. Includes several online links to additional information.
Resource page with web links for assessment instruments, strategies, and techniques.
Article with information about aligning instruction and assessment.
How should schools change the way they assess students? Do current assessments measure what students need to know and be able to do in the real world?
Interview with the author of Measuring Up; discusses assessment issues.
Article summarizes a session at ASCD conference and presents information about "curriculum anarchy" -- the tendancy of teachers to have varying grading practices and course objectives.
Blog post by Grant Wiggins that poses the problem is not quality of state assessments, but the quality of local assessments.
Classroom Response System -- version of polleverywhere for schools.
Opinion of assessment practices.
Variety of rubric resources.
Summarizes results of a study where historians and AP students take the same two-part test. Very thought-provoking.
Lays out five levels of technology integration and five characteristics of meaningful learning environments to create a matrix of 25 cells.
Collection of Word/pdf files on a variety of topics: assessment, writing, comprehension, etc.
Article about the need for standards-based grading.
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Resources for exploring quality assessments and assessment techniques.
Updated on Sep 03, 15
Created on Jun 20, 09
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