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Subject:
ITNewsletterWebsites--Assessment!!!
From:
"Victor Cole" <vbcole67@hotmail.com>
Date:
Mon, 25 Feb 2002 14:20:07 -0500
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Dear Friends, Family and Colleagues,
Here is the latest in the IT (Innovative-Teaching) Newsletter.
This is a specially good one..... ASSESSMENT!!! Are you struggling
with Rubrics? Are you considering other / alternative assessments
for you and your students? For families? There is a lot of information
here and not all of it is in accord. Pick and choice, click and
peruse.
FYI!!!
Victor
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From : "Walter McKenzie" <mrmck@staffnet.com>
To : <innovative-teaching@yahoogroups.com>
Subject : [Innovative-Teaching] Assessment Tools <February
24, 2002>
Date : Sun, 24 Feb 2002 12:34:06 -0500
The Innovative Teaching Newsletter
"Those who can.....teach!"
Assessment Tools
Volume 4, Issue 23 - February 24, 2002
presented by
Walter McKenzie - Surfaquarium Consulting
Innovative staff development:
Technology Applications, Multiple Intelligences,
Curriculum Integration and Creative Education.
Let's see what we can do for your staff!
The thorniest of educational issues, assessment conjures up
images of wading
through piles of research and best practices in measuring student
performance. For some it is the key to ultimate education reform.
For others
it is the tail wagging the instructional dog. Yet formative or
summative,
standardized or authentic, assessment is an integral part of good
instruction. Ideally it is the part of teaching that offers feedback
to help
us sharpen our instructional strategies. This weeks newsletter
attempts to
offer resources that will help you achieve this ideal in your
classroom.
Thanks to Jerry for his recommendations, as always. Enjoy!
Alaska Department of Education Sample Assessment Tools -
<http://www.educ.state.ak.us/tls/frameworks/langarts/42tools.htm>
Here's an extensive collection of well-designed tools for Elementary
Language Arts. There's also Math/Science
<<http://www.educ.state.ak.us/tls/frameworks/mathsci/ms5_2as1.htm>>,
Social
Studies <<http://www.educ.state.ak.us/tls/frameworks/sstudies/part4a3.htm>>,
the Arts
<http://www.educ.state.ak.us/tls/frameworks/arts/6assess1.htm#assessmenttech
niques <http://www.educ.state.ak.us/tls/frameworks/arts/6assess1.htm>>,
and
world languages
<http://www.educ.state.ak.us/tls/frameworks/wrldlang/wlinstr2.html#SampleTas
ks <http://www.educ.state.ak.us/tls/frameworks/wrldlang/wlinstr2.html>>.
Buros Institute - <http://www.unl.edu/buros/>
>From the folks who bring you the Mental Measurement Yearbook,
this online
companion offers support in selecting appropriate instruments
for conducting
intelligence assessments through review locators, test locators
and an
online catalogue. It now includes test reviews online for a fee
of $15 per
title.
Creating Rubrics -
<http://www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-4521.html>
Teach-nology offers this "five-part series explores how one
teacher designs,
refines, and implements rubrics in a variety of subject areas."
Note
especially the articles on Analytic vs. Holistic Rubrics, How
to Weight
Rubrics and Student-Generated Rubrics.
ERIC Assessment and Evaluation - <http://ericae.net/>
This comprehensive database of teacher resources focuses its energies
on
assessment and student progress, providing you with definitive
access to
materials available online. They have 400+ of the best books and
articles in
full text in their library and free online access to articles
from their
journal Practical Assessment, Research and Evaluation.
Guidelines for Portfolio Assessment in teaching English -
<http://www.etni.org.il/ministry/portfolio/default.html>
Judy Kemp and Debby Toperoff present this excellent overview on
developing
and effectively utilizing portfolios for assessment of student
learning.
This site includes a rationale, definitions and criteria, effective
strategies and sample assessment tools, all free and available
on this
scrollable site.
JobWeb Assessment Tools - <http://www.jobweb.com/catapult/assess.htm>
Looking for career and personality assessment tools free and online?
This is
the place! There's career Key, the Keirsey Temperament Sorter,
the
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (there's a fee involved on this one),
and a
Personality Type Profiles Directory. Be sure to check out Kingdomality
while
you're there!
Learning Record Online - http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~syverson/olr/index.html
<http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/%7Esyverson/olr/index.html>
Subtitled "Beyond Portfolios", this University of Texas
site offers a "model
that integrates research, assessment, and teaching and learning
practices
for computer-enhanced literacy development." There's a thorough
background
provided of the process including online forms, a schematic diagram
and
timetable, exemplars and developmental scales, grades, and moderations.
Rubistar - <http://rubistar.4teachers.org/>
This free online service allows you to create rubrics using their
user-friendly templates so you don't have to reinvent the wheel.
You select
and edit a rating scale, choose your content, and print it out.
There's even
a way to save your rubric right on the site with an easy-to-access
ID number
for future reference. If you like this service you may also want
to try
Rubric Builder at
<http://landmark-project.com/classweb/tools/rubric_builder.php3>.
SchrockGuide: Assessment Resources -
<http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/assess.html>
A staple of Kathy Schrock's website from way back when, this page
on
assessment tools includes authentic assessments, electronic portfolios
and
report card comments and progress reports. There's also links
to articles on
rubrics for further reading.
Secondary Assessment Tools -
http://www.bcpl.net/~sullivan/modules/tips/assess_sec.html
<http://www.bcpl.net/%7Esullivan/modules/tips/assess_sec.html>
The Baltimore County Public Schools offers this collection of
ready to print
rubrics on the learning process, products, and reading and writing
in
particular. Each assessment allows for both the teacher and student
to
assess, and the flexibility of assigning possible points as appropriate.
Best of all, open up any of these templates in your favorite html
editor and
you can quickly tailor it to be a digital tool, as well.
6 + 1 Trait Analytical Assessment Model -
<http://www.nwrel.org/assessment/department.asp?d=1>
The Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory's model for rubric
assessment
with a very nice approach to evaluating student writing, spanish
writing,
reading, and oral communication. There are teaching strategies,
lesson
plans, and some nicely designed rubrics in .pdf format.
Teacher Rubric Makers - <http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/>
Teach-nology scores again, this time with a collection of more
than twenty
different rubric generators, including behavior, writing, research,
science
fair, lab report and timeline. Don't see one specifically suiting
your
needs? There's even a general rubric creator that allows you to
create your
own from scratch.
Texas Center for Educational Technology -
http://www.tcet.unt.edu/START/assess/tools.htm
Here's all kinds of tools for assessing technology use in instruction,
including An Educator's Guide to Evaluating the Use of Technology
in Schools
and Classrooms, the Profiler Online Collaboration Tool, the STaR
Chart, the
Levels of Technology Implementation (LoTi) Questionnaire, and
the Technology
Integration Progress Gauge.
Click here for the HTML version:
http://surfaquarium.com/newsletter/assessment.htm
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http://surfaquarium.com/news.htm
Next Week's Topic: Special Education Resources
Please send in URL's of high quality sites which may be of
interest to our
readers to walter@surfaquarium.com Also, I'm always looking for
new topic
ideas and input!
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