Dennis Lewandowski's List: Teaching Assessment

"The items and other resources available on this site were developed by AAAS Project 2061 with funding from the National Science Foundation. The items are different from most multiple choice science test items in that they:
*assess students' conceptual understanding, not just facts and definitions,
*test for common misconceptions and alternative ideas students have along with their correct ideas
*are precisely aligned to the science ideas they are intended to test
In addition, data gathered during national field tests provide an up-to-date description of science learning broken out by gender and whether or not English is the student's primary language. The data also show how much growth has occurred between middle and high school, on what are primarily middle school ideas."

"Science NetLinks' role is to provide a wealth of standards-aligned resources for K-12 science educators, including lesson plans, interactives and reviewed Internet resources. Science NetLinks is a dynamic site with new content being added on a regular basis"

Digital (typicall free) resources relevant to K-12 education, teachers, and various educational studies.

A database of "peer-reviewed best and promising practice resources to Ohio teachers which have been aligned to the academic content standards" provided by the Ohio Resource Center.

Digital, on-line searchable copy of the National Science Education Standards (1996) sponsored by the National Research Council and published by the National Academies Press.

"That was how Science for All Americans (SFAA), the first Project 2061 publication, identified itself. Now, four years later, those words serve equally well to introduce Benchmarks for Science Literacy, a companion report. SFAA answers the question of what constitutes adult science literacy, recommending what all students should know and be able to do in science, mathematics, and technology by the time they graduate from high school. Benchmarks specifies how students should progress toward science literacy, recommending what they should know and be able to do by the time they reach certain grade levels."