ONLINE RESOURCES for ASSESSMENT MULTI-LINK SITES
On Line Resources on Assessment. This multi-resource site has a variety of links, including some for rubrics and lesson-planning.
http://www.rmcdenver.com/useguide/assessme/online.htm
Field-Tested Learning Assessment Guide. As quoted from the home page: “The FLAG offers broadly applicable, self-contained modular Classroom Assessment
Techniques (CATs) and discipline-specific tools for STEM instructors interested in new approaches to evaluating student learning, attitudes and performance. Each has been developed, tested and refined in real colleges and universities classrooms. The FLAG also contains an assessment primer, a section to help you select the most appropriate assessment technique(s) for your course goals, and other resources” (such as lesson plans).
http://www.flaguide.org/
Assessment Matters! Toward Authentic Assessment. As explained on the home page: “The sites listed below [on this web page & there are lots of them] reflect educators' efforts to assess deeper levels of understanding, higher levels of thinking, and student performance on more life-like tasks. Most authentic assessment, as indicated by the links below, moves from measuring fact memory to measuring indicators of understanding and thinking skills.”
http://ozpk.tripod.com/assess.html
Assessment Tools and Methods. There are numerous links to assessment tools and methods sites.
http://www.sinclair.edu/about/learning/assessment/resources/atm/
COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT COVERAGE
According to site creator, Jonathan Mueller, Authentic Assessment Toolbox is “a how-to text on creating authentic tasks, rubrics and standards for measuring and improving student learning.” This is a wonderfully comprehensive site with chapters on the what, why and how of authentic assessment; rubrics; portfolios; constructing tests; and more.
http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/toolbox/
Effective Assessment. In this web site, “assessment resources are divided into three sections, Learning Goals and Objectives, Testing and Grading, and Using Student Feedback. Each section has both at-a-glance summaries of important concepts and best practices, as well as numerous resources for further exploration. We recommend you start with Learning Goals and Objectives. Once you've clarified what you'd like students to accomplish, designing effective assessment strategies is significantly easier.”
Lorrain County Community College – Student Assessment Guide. The
Assessment-Related Questions section provides useful information for people new to student learning assessment.
http://www.lorainccc.edu/Current+Students/Student+Assessment+Guide.htm
Learning Outcomes Performance Support Web Site from Red River College. As written on the home page, “This is a performance support web site intended for use by instructors and course developers. Our primary purpose is to provide support for instructors to create learning-centered course learning outcomes. Our secondary purpose is to enhance instructors' abilities to create performance-based activities, course materials, and assessments. This web site consists of self-directed, on-demand access to definitions, advice, interactive tools, articles, self-evaluation checklists,
templates, and examples of learning outcomes for use by instructors and course developers composing performance-based course learning outcomes.”
https://me.rrc.mb.ca/learningoutcomesupport/Default.asp
Workshop: Assessment, Evaluation and Curriculum Redesign. “This workshop is based on the idea that if you begin your curriculum planning by thinking clearly about the form of assessments you intend to use, you will be able to design more effective classes.”
http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/assessment/index.html
Best Practices in e-Assessment from Journal of Information Technology Education. This is a comprehensive article and is based on research.
http://informingscience.org/jite/documents/Vol5/v5p251-269Buzzetto152.pdf
Assessment Overview from the Faculty Center at the University of Central Florida. This excellent web site divides the coverage of assessment to the classroom level, course level, program level and institutional effectiveness. Many topics are covered under each of these levels.
http://www.fctl.ucf.edu/TeachingAndLearningResources/CourseDesign/Assessment/ass essmentOverview/index.php
RUBRICS
Rubistar. This web site provides a free tool for rubric construction. http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php
Designing Scoring Rubrics for your Classroom. This site provides excellent
background information on rubrics. There is a particularly useful section that describes how to convert rubric scores to grades.
http://pareonline.net/getvn.asp?v=7&n=25
Automating Authentic Assessment With Rubrics: Technology and the Future of Education. Among other interesting topics covered here, the most unique is detailing how to create a rubric utilizing a computer database.
Rubrics for Assessment. This site features multiple links to eleven category topics, such as rubrics for cooperative learning, podcasts, research process, math, and the like. http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/rubrics.shtml
Sample Assessment Tools. Different types of rubrics – analytic, holistic or checklist – are presented for a variety of topics.
http://www.eed.state.ak.us/tls/frameworks/langarts/42tools.htm
Online Teacher Rubric Resources. There are hot links to many different rubric-related topics.
http://www.kenton.k12.ky.us/tr/rubrics.html
Rubician.com. There are numerous links to rubrics which are categorized by subject. http://www.rubrician.com/
Planning, Facilitating, Assessing. Good, basic information about the purpose and value of rubrics is presented here.
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/teacher/rubrics.html
CLASSROOM ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES (CATs)
Classroom Assessment. According to the introductory information on this site, “This course is divided into 2 parts, each containing 3 lessons. Part I focuses on basic
concepts and common assessments such as multiple choice and essay questions. Part II includes performance assessment, classroom interactions, and attitude surveys. Throughout the lessons, resources and techniques for integrating technology are included.
http://fcit.usf.edu/assessment/
Assessment and Outcomes: Best Practices in Teaching and Learning. The interplay among best practices in teaching, increased student involvement and assessment are explored in this article.
http://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/cii/resources/outcomes/best_practices.asp
Using Classroom Assessment Techniques to Change Both Teaching and Learning http://www.sdbor.edu/services/studentaffairs/documents/UsingClassroomAssessmentto ChangeBothTeaching-Learning.pdf
Applying Classroom Assessment Techniques
http://www.lanecc.edu/fpd/documents/htclassassess.pdf CAT FAQs
http://www.bartonccc.edu/administration/iss/assessment/catfaqs.html 2
Classroom Assessment Technique Reporting Form
https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dDk2Z2RKdXNXbTdmQ2NaekFD THo2OXc6MQ
An Assessment Framework for the Community College http://www.league.org/publication/whitepapers/files/0804.pdf CATs and Online Courses
Applying Classroom Assessment Techniques in the Online Class
http://www.bemidjistate.edu/its/elearning/resources/assessment_evaluation/files/assess -class-PPT.pdf
Field-Tested Learning Assessment Guide: Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs) http://www.flaguide.org/cat/cat.php This is an EXCELLENT site.
Online Assessment Strategies: A Primer http://jolt.merlot.org/vol6no1/sewell_0310.pdf
Classroom Assessment Techniques in Asynchronous Learning Networks
http://technologysource.org/article/classroom_assessment_techniques_in_asynchronou s_learning_networks/
Classroom Assessment Techniques at Rochester Institute of Technology http://www.rit.edu/academicaffairs/outcomes/classroom.php
Classroom Assessment Techniques for Online Courses: Techniques for Assessing Course--
Related Knowledge & Skills
http://blendedcoursedesign.pbworks.com/f/CATS-Online.pdf
Designing Principles for Creating Effective Web-Based Learning Resources in the Geosciences
http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/webdesign/assessment_techniques.html
ARTICLES & SINGLE ASSESSMENT TOPICS
What Ever Happened to Portfolio Assessment (Hoover Institution) is an article on actual assessment vs standardized testing.
http://media.hoover.org/documents/ednext20043_72.pdf
Long Beach City College – Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes Committee. The FAQ section is useful for addressing faculty concerns about
assessment. The Principles of Assessment section is helpful as is the SLO Definitions and Examples.
http://aslo.lbcc.edu/
Assessment of Student Academic Achievement—Comparing the Assessment Process at Different Levels. As the title suggests, this site provides a comparative chart of assessment at the classroom level vs the course or program level.
http://www.morainevalley.edu/studentassessment/ASAA/ASAA_comparingassessmenta tdifferentlevels.htm
Assessment of Learning. This site provides a visual framework for the various institutional levels at and purposes for which assessment occurs.
http://www.lanecc.edu/assessment/index.html
Tips on How to Write Good Multiple Choice Exams. For multiple choice exams to correctly assess the students' abilities, careful crafting is required. This web site shares several ways to ensure good multiple choice test construction.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/465262/tips_on_how_to_write_good_multiple _pg4.html?cat=4
