| Alternative
Assessment: A Guide for Principals -- a collection of
resources designed by Anthony Scarfone. |
| Assessment
-- part of the NorthCentral Regional Educational Laboratory's
Critical Issues series. |
| Assessment
& Accountability Program -- research, model projects and
rubrics, and resources from the Northwest Regional Education
Laboratory. |
| Assessment
Rubrics -- original rubrics, links, and related information
maintained by Kathy Schrock. |
| Automating
Authentic Assessment With Rubrics -- from Brevard County in
Florida. |
| CLASS:
Center on Learning Assessment and School Structure --
consortium at Princeton headed by Grant Wiggins that features a
"Task and Rubric Database" and "Ask Dr.
Rubric." |
| Consortium
for Equity in Standards and Testing (CTEST)--provides
teachers, parents, and advocacy groups information on the major
issues surrounding testing, assessment, and standards in schools.
Includes documents, news articles, and links to major issues in
testing and standards, including Proposition 209 in California and
the Boston Latin Case. |
| Content
Knowledge: Benchmarks and Standards for K-12 Education |
| CRESST:
the National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and
Student Testing -- Department of Education-sponsored research
center that provides resources, sample assessment instruments, and
a related listserv. |
| Designing
an Effective Performance Task for the Classroom -- an online
guide to understanding and developing performance assessment
created by the Kentucky Department of Education. |
| Designing
Performance Assessments: Challenges for the Three-Story Intellect
-- literature review and introduction written by Thai educator Jo
Anne Wangsatorntanakhun. |
| Developing
Educational Standards--an annotated list of internet sites
with k-12 educational standards and curriculum framework
documents. |
| Digital
Portfolio -- pilot projects sponsored by The Annenberg
Institute for School Reform at Brown University . |
| The
Digital Portfolio: A Richer Picture of Student Performance --
research paper by David Niguidula, Coalition of Essential Schools. |
| Electronic
Portfolios from the Learner's Perspective: Three Examples |
| ERIC
Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation |
| Exhibitions:
Facing Outward, Pointing Inward -- article by Joseph P.
McDonald of the Coalition of Essential Schools that addresses two
related functions of an exhibition: accountability for student
learning and feedback. |
| Getting
Started -- the second part of David Niguidula's Digital
Portfolio guidebook for the Coalition of Essential Schools. |
| Grade
Inflation: What's Really Behind All Those A's -- Jan/Feb. 2000
Harvard Education Letter article by Lisa Birk. |
| Handbook
of Engaged Learning Projects (HELP) -- a project sponsored by
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Education Office and funded
by the Midwest Consortium for Mathematics and Science Education
based at the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory. |
| Helping
Your Students with Homework -- U.S. Department of Education
guide to fine tuning assignments. |
| Illinois
Learning Standards--for anybody who wants to know what the
state of Illinois wants its kids to have learned at various points
in their education. |
| Improving
Education Through Assessment -- a research paper by Jody Paul,
Susan B. Lewis, and Patricia A. Supon presenting a
performance-testing assessment model using hypermedia-based
student-system interaction. |
| Keeping
Student Performance Central -- a research paper on building a
New York assessment collection, including the six dimensions of
assessment and hypermedia. |
| Lifelong
Learning, Teaching, and Assessment-- From the Massachusetts
Board of Education Frameworks document--"Charting the Course:
The Common Chapters." |
| National
Center on Educational Outcomes -- clearinghouse focusing on
the identification of outcomes, indicators, and assessments to
monitor educational results for all students, housed at the
University of Minnesota. |
| National
Center for Research on Evaluation Standards and Student Testing |
| Performance
and Portfolio Assessment For Language Minority Students |
| Performance
Assessment -- overview from the Wisconsin Education
Association Council. |
| Portfolio
Assessment -- from Houghton-Mifflin's Education Place. |
| Portfolio
Assessment -- ERIC citations on Portfolio Assessment. |
| Portfolio
News -- the Internet home of this newsletter published by the
Portfolio Assessment Clearinghouse at the Teacher Education
Program, University of California, San Diego includes subscription
information, an index, and an information exchange network of
schools using portfolios. |
| The
Portfolio and Its Use: Developmentally Appropriate Assessment of
Young Children -- 1992 ERIC Digest written by Cathy Grace. |
| Show,
Don't Tell: Video and Accountability
-- research paper for the Coalition of Essential Schools by
Elliot Washor, Thayer High School Winchester, New Hampshire. |
| Student
Portfolios: Administrative Uses -- US. Department of Education
Office of Educational Research Consumer Guide, December 1993. |
| Student
Portfolios: Classroom Uses -- US. Department of Education
Office of Educational Research Consumer Guide, December 1993. |
| Student
Self-Assessment -- from Houghton-Mifflin's Education Place. |
| Studies
on Exhibits and School Design -- 15 reports from the Coalition
of Essential Schools. |
| Technology-Supported
Portfolio Assessment -- nuts and bolts article from The
Computing Teacher, March, 1994 written by Helen C. Barrett,
Ph.D. |
| Understanding
by Design -- web companion to ASCD book by Jay McTighe and
Grant Wiggins includes design template, FAQ, a projected database
of units, and idea exchange. |
| What
Happens Between Assessments? -- Educational Leadership article
by Jay McTighe that offers seven principles to ensure that
"performance is more than something measured at the end of a
unit." |
