Assessment

Assessment

• Assessment
• Assessing Student Learning:  Vanderbilt University:  Student assessment is, arguably, the centerpiece of the teaching and learning process and therefore the subject of much discussion in the scholarship of teaching and learning.
• Assessment and Evaluation:  Cornell University answers many questions and provides resources for assessment and evaluation.

• Assessment for Learning - PK-12:  The Iowa Department of Education Results of student assessments are used by all stakeholders to make program, staffing, professional development, instructional, financial, and personal decisions. They are an important component of both the Collecting/Analyzing Student data step and the Ongoing Data Collection step in the Iowa Professional Development Model. Statewide and district-wide summative assessments are mandated by Iowa Code (Chapter 12) and used for district accreditation and federal reporting, as defined by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) legislation. Formative assessments are ongoing and are used to inform the instructional process and develop student learning goals.
• • Definitions
  • Assessments and Accountability
  • Required Student Assessments

• Assessment Training Institute  Rick Stiggins leads this professional development in assessment for teachers and school leaders.

• Authentic Assessment Toolbox:  This is Jon Mueller's toolbox.  He is the author of Assessing Critical Skills.

• Carnegie Mellon University - The Why's and How's of Assessment:  Learning takes place in students’ heads where it is invisible to others. This means that learning must be assessed through performance: what students can do with their learning. Assessing students’ performance can involve assessments that are formal or informal, high- or low-stakes, anonymous or public, individual or collective.

• Cybrary Man's Assessment Webpage:  This site has multiple resources for assessment - both formative and summative.

• Designing Assessments for Student Learning:  Ohio State's Professor Hollie Nyseth Brehm addresses the design of student assessments, including purpose, tools, and tips.

• Edutopia - Assessment:  Look beyond high-stakes testing to learn about different ways of assessing the full range of student ability -- social, emotional, and academic achievement.

• Measuring Student Learning:  Cornell University addresses the why and how for measuring student learning.

• SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium  This consortium has developed next-generation assessments that are aligned to the Common Core State Standards.

• Structures for Student Self-Assessment:  The Critical Thinking Foundation provides several structures for students to assess their own critical thinking as well as speaking, writing, listening, and reading.
• Rubrics:  Check out these websites to help you create performance criteria in your classroom.
• iRubric
• Rubistar
  
• Teacher  Planet
• University of Wisconsin - Stout
  

This page was updated on August 18, 2021. Please let Lou Howell at LouHowell@gmail.com know of additional websites/URLs you would like on this page.