assessment

=Assessment Basics=

Also see Rubrics, Portfolios, Quiz/Test Tools, Survey/Form Tools, and Classroom Response Systems For information about the evaluation of individuals primarily during the referral process, see Special Education Assessment For ideas about classroom Assessment Accommodations, see Modifications, Accommodations and Adaptations For information about Test Anxiety, see that area in Study Skills; for information about anxiety disorders in general, see Mental Health Disorders.

General Information Assessment Tools


 * AUTHENTIC ASSESSMENT **

AKA Performance Assessment and Alternative Assessment

performance assessment (generate an answer or create a product that demonstrates their knowldge and/or skill - construction, performance, application, rather than simply selecting a response

Often involve scoring by rubric

tasks - Portfolios, demonstration, create video,

Authentic Assessment Resources http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/assess.cfm

What is Authentic Assessment? http://jfmueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/toolbox/whatisit.htm

Creating Meaningful Performance Assessments [ERIC Digest E531] http://ericae.net/edo/ED381985.htm

Advice on Using Authentic Assessment in Teaching http://education.cu-portland.edu/blog/curriculum-instruction/tips-on-how-to-use-authentic-assessment-as-a-teaching-strategy/

7 Authentic Assessment Tools http://askatechteacher.com/2015/02/18/7-authentic-assessment-tools/

10 Fun-Filled Formative Assessment Ideas http://www.edutopia.org/discussion/10-fun-filled-formative-assessment-ideas

The Case for Authentic Assessment http://pareonline.net/getvn.asp?v=2&n=2

GENERAL INFORMATION
Assessment and Evaluation http://www.ldaamerica.org/aboutld/parents/assessment/index.asp “Evaluation involves gathering information from a variety of sources about a child’s functioning and development in all areas. It is generally one of the first step in determining if a child has a learning disability.”

Assessment Terminology: A Glossary of Useful Terms http://www.newhorizons.org/strategies/assess/terminology.htm

What Do Tests Test? A Commentary by Howard Gardner []

Classroom Assessment Techniques Designed for Technology by Mary Barone Martin [|http://www.mtsu.edu/~itconf/proceed99/Martin.htm]

Classroom Assessment Techniques http://www.vanderbilt.edu/cft/resources/teaching_resources/assessment/cats.htm

Grading Student Work http://www.vanderbilt.edu/cft/resources/teaching_resources/assessment/grading.htm

Guidelines for Accessible Testing and Assessment http://ncam.wgbh.org/salt/guidelines/sec9.html

Web-based Testing for Distance Education by Peter Brusilovsky and Philip Miller [|http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~plb/papers/WebNet99.html]

Reinventing the Big Test: The Challenge of Authentic Assessment by Grace Rubenstein http://www.edutopia.org/reinventing-big-test-the-challenge-of-authentic-assessment “Problem: Old-school accountability tests are crude measurements of student learning. Solution: Build a better test.”

Topic: Assessment http://www.edutopia.org/assessment

Computers Grade Students' Writing http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2005/05/67458

Assessing Assessments: The Inequality of Electronic Testing http://www.webaim.org/articles/assessment/

Critical Issue: Ensuring Equity with Alternative Assessments http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/methods/assment/as800.htm

ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation http://www.ericae.net/

About Alternative Assessment [and Authentic Assessment] http://www.aurbach.com/alt_assess.html Aurbach & Associates, makers of the electronic portfolio program Grady Profile, include information about a variety of alternative assessment methods, including definitions.

[Article] Pick, List & Choose (Performance Assessment) by Samuel Meisels http://content.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=4413&FullBreadCrumb=%3Ca+href%3D%22%2Fbrowse%2Fsearch.jsp%3Fquery%3Dportfolio%26c1%3DCONTENT30%26c2%3Dfalse%22%3EAll+Results+%3C%2Fa%3E

High-Stakes Testing and the Motivation of Low-Achieving Students http://www.ascd.org/portal/site/ascd/template.MAXIMIZE/menuitem.1eb2de47d88dcd98dd1b2110d3108a0c/?javax.portlet.tpst=d5b9c0fa1a493266805516f762108a0c_ws_MX&javax.portlet.prp_d5b9c0fa1a493266805516f762108a0c_viewID=issue_view&javax.portlet.prp_d5b9c0fa1a493266805516f762108a0c_journalmoid=88a91470b9eaff00VgnVCM1000003d01a8c0RCRD&javax.portlet.begCacheTok=token&javax.portlet.endCacheTok=token (from ASCD Home > News & Issues > Policy Publications > ResearchBrief > Archived Issues)

Using Technology to Support Alternative Assessment and Electronic Portfolios http://electronicportfolios.org/portfolios.html This is by Helen Barrett, a leader in the area of electronic portfolios.

Assessment: No Single Measure Tells the Story of Student Achievement http://www.edutopia.org/assessment-no-single-measure-tells-story-student-achievement

Unskilled and unaware of it: how difficulties in recognizing one's own incompetence lead to inflated self-assessments by Kruger J, Dunning D. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10626367#

Self-assessment in Self-Directed Learning: Can we trust it? Do we have a choice? Larry D. Gruppen (pdf) http://www.apa.org/ed/governance/elc/2010/gruppen.pdf

Determining the Reading Levels/Grades []

Leadership Academies – Module 6, Assessment [] This is a module is part of Professional Learning by the National Institute for Urban School Improvement