(best
viewed at 800 x 600)
| Other AR&R wwwlinks | |
|
|
|
Assessments for the 21st Century (Intel)
http://tinyurl.com/ozpud Assessments for the 21st Century(Intel) Online Resource Helps Teachers Measure Student Performance in Higher-Order Thinking Skills Intel's Assessing Projects resource To develop the resource, Anne Batey, Intel Innovation in Education K-12 Curriculum Manager responsible for the resource content, gathered a group of education specialists from around the globe to conduct multi country pilots of an Assessing Projects prototype. |
 
|
|
|
The Annual Testing Myth (USA Article)
http://nochildleft.com/2005/may05foolish.html The Annual Testing Myth Why is Annual Testing A Bad Idea? assessment | testing | tests | statistics | USA | What Do Test Scores Tell Us | The Absence Of Assessment FOR Learning | |
|
|
|
|
|
UK Assessment and reporting arrangements 2005
http://www.qca.org.uk/ages3-14/45_7373.html UK Assessment and reporting arrangements 2005 Note: QCA introduces optional tests in English and mathematics for years 3, 4 and 5 and years 7 and 8 for 2005. |
|
|
|
|
|
The School Information Partnership (USA)
http://www.schoolresults.org/ The School Information Partnership (USA) The School Information Partnership is a public-private collaboration designed to empower parents, educators and policymakers to use the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) data to make informed decisions and improve school results. Standard & Poor's created the website which includes a suite of interactive analytical tools from Standard & Poor's School Evaluation Services and the National Center for Educational Accountability's Just for the Kids. For schools, districts and states across the nation, the website will display available data required to be publicly reported under NCLB. |
|
|
|
|
|
Student Test Reviews Online (USA)
http://buros.unl.edu/ Student Test Reviews Online - test reviews when you need them Access test information online exactly as it appears in the Mental Measurement Yearbook series Search by alphabetic or category listings of test titles or by keyword ... free information on almost 4,000 commercially available tests. |
|
|
|
|
|
Assessment for Learning
http://matrix.ncsl.org.uk/user/matrixlist.cfm?forcenew=yes Assessment for Learning This self-evaluation and action planning tool aims to promote the effective use of assessment in schools to enhance and support students' learning. It can be used by assessment co-ordinators to review their school's stage of development in key areas and suggest actions to move their work forwards. |
|
|
|
|
|
Assessing Your Child (USA)
http://www.parentcenter.com/learning/assessing/ Assessing Your Child ParentCenter.com is an easy-to-navigate one-stop resource designed to help parents of children ages 2 to 8 better manage and enjoy the day-to-day challenges of raising great kids. ParentCenter takes a friendly and informative approach to content, offering helpful experts and a vibrant online community. ParentCenter includes more than a thousand original articles created especially for the Web, covering the topics of children's health, fun and activities, learning, and parenting. Information is organized by age and grade so you can find the most relevant information for your child's situation quickly and easily. This site offers school readiness information for pre-kindergarten through third grade children. It includes descriptions of grade milestones, articles, and bulletin boards divided by grade level. |
|
|
|
|
|
Online Course on Assessment ... suitable for INSET
http://glef.org/Assessment/index.html Online Course on Assessment ... suitable for INSET The assessment module is meant for use either after completion of the project-based learning module or with participants who are familiar with project-based learning. The module is designed for a two to three hour class or session, divided into two parts Part One, Guided Process, is designed to give participants a brief introduction to assessment. It answers the questions "Why is Assessment Important?"; "What are Some Types of Assessment?"; and "How Do Rubrics Help?" The Guided Process includes the Assessment Resources section and a PowerPoint?presentation, including presenter notes. Part Two, Group Participation, assigns readings and activities for experiential, project-based learning. Ideally, the tasks will be accomplished using group collaboration and with the use of technology. |
|
|
|
|
|
Testing Our Schools USA
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/schools/ Testing Our Schools USA What are the uses and misuses of tests? Do higher test scores mean better schools? How does the intense pressure to raise test scores affect the quality of teaching and learning in the classroom? These are some of the questions FRONTLINE set out to explore in interviews with educators, policymakers, and educational testing experts across the country. What we found is that although standards-based reform has widespread support, experts see a danger in our reliance on standardized tests as the primary measure of school quality. Without the right kinds of tests, they say, and without an understanding of their proper uses, we may do more harm than good to public education in America. |
|
|
|
|
|
Sample Report Card Comments
http://www.odyssey.on.ca/~elaine.coxon/Reporting/report_card_comments.htm Sample Report Card Comments Also ... How to Write Report Card Comments comments | report | reports | comment | assessment | reporting | card | cards | |
|
|
|
|
|
Assessment Resources at Edutopia
http://tinyurl.com/5p5r Assessment Resources at Edutopia Assessment - At a Glance Standardized tests aren't the only way of gauging student achievement. Throughout the country, educators are using performance assessments to measure what students know and can do. Featured Interview The renowned assessment expert discusses performance assessments, standardized tests, and more. (video) Why performance-based assessment is important and how it works. (video) Professional Development Module - Learn the Whys, Whats, and Hows of creating evidence-based assessment. |
|
|
|
|
|
FAST - Free Assessment Summary Tool - Online
http://www.getfast.ca/ Traditionally, teaching assessments are conducted at the end of a course - a practice precluding students from offering constructive feedback while they are still in the course. However, conducting instructor-designed and administered web-based course assessments opens a proactive dialogue with students about teaching, the course, and the entire learning process. The FAST project is committed to providing users with a simple online tool for assessing their students' impressions of their courses and their teaching. Using the software does not cost anything so if this is your first visit, become a user and see if FAST would be useful for you and your students. FAST is an anonymous online survey tool that automatically summarizes students' impressions of a course and/or teacher and supplies the data directly to the teacher. FAST allows a teacher to develop an online survey that students can complete 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Teachers can ask up to 20 questions (and change them whenever they want) to determine how students are finding their teaching and the course. The software automatically summarizes and consolidates the students' comments, in real-time, on the web or into a downloadable customized Excel spreadsheet. FAST is contractually obligated to remain free until (at least) October 2006. Any changes after that date would require the unanimous consent of all co-owners. |
|
|
|
|
|
Reports Comment Bank
http://www.rayslearning.com/comment.htm Teachers Report Assistant Comment bank These comments are intended to be used with version 5.0 and above of the Report Assistant - get a copy of this totally free report writing software: Teachers Report Assistant The comment files are in two formats: Report Assistant (tra) files: Those links in shown in bold are in 'tra' format and can be downloaded and opened by the Report Assistant complete with grouped statements and headings. Plain Text files (txt): The remaining non bold comments are in plain text format - the text will be loaded into your browser if you click on the comment - use your browser's 'back' button to return here. Either copy them to the clipboard and paste into one of the comment boxes (but don't forget to save them) or right click on the link and select 'Save Target as' - it can then be opened by the Report Assistant but in a single comment box without headings. Reports | comment bank | comments | many subjects | |
|
|
|
|
|
Teachers Report Assistant (free)
http://www.rayslearning.com/report.htm Teachers Report Assistant Word process individual comments for students. Free time saving utility for teachers who word process student reports. Produces professional sounding, individualized report cards in the shortest possible time. The program uses a set of statements written by the teacher or downloaded from the net which can then be tailored to suit individual students needs. Select and combine comments with a single click - you won't believe how quickly complete reports can be written! Designed to work in conjuntion with your usual word processor. "If you are writing reports and need a 'FREE' comment library that works in Windows. Easy to Use, No Messing, and quick to get the 'hang' of. Try: -Teacher Assist at Ray Le Couteur's page... I've used it - it's brilliant." |
|
|
|
|
|
Computerised National Curriculum test papers
http://www.sirplc.co.uk/nct/ In conjunction with the QCA (Qualifications and Curriculum Authority), SiR have computerised National Curriculum test papers in English, Maths and Science at Keystage 1,2 and 3. Additionally both optional and progres papers are also included for years 3,4,5,7 and 8. Key Features: - Assign and deliver papers to individuals and groups. - Where possible, questions will be automatically marked. - Manual entry of scores and override of computer generated mark if required. - Questions are linked to Programmes of Study to show areas of strength and weakness - Tests can be used in their entirety or individual questions "switched off" as and when required. - Report on progress between years and key stages. - Complete Student test history. - Test papers are self paced and simple to use. |
|
|
|
|
|
Report Card Comments ( Reports)
http://www.expage.com/4reportcards Welcome to my collection of links for REPORT CARD COMMENTS. I take NO CREDIT for creating these pages; I only COLLECTED & ARRANGED them for educators to use. I hope you find this site useful! Reports | Comment Ideas for Report Cards | Word Banks | Comment Banks | Report Cards Tips | Grade Card Comments | Report Card and Progress Report Comments | Teacher Comments on Report Cards | How to Write Report Cards ~ Sample Comments | Report Card Comments from Elementary Educators in Canada | Report Card Comments for Elementary Art Teachers | Writing Report Card Comments ~ English | Report Card Comments ~ Language Arts | Report Card Comments ~ Religion & Family Life | Report Card Comments ~ Health & Physical Education | Report Card Comments ~ Mathematics | Report Card Comments ~ Science & Technology | |
|
|
|
|
|
Assessment Ideas!
http://www.ilovethatteachingidea.com/ideas/subj_assessment.htm Student Evaluation: An excellent tool to find out where our own strengths and weaknesses are in teaching. Encourages students to take responsibility for their learning as well Students Writing the Test : Kids will love seeing their own questions on the next test! Practice Writing Dialogue : By using comic strips, you'll have a fast and effective way of assessing dialogue! Follow-up Letter to Parents After a Test : An example of a letter to parents after a test is sent home "Left-overs...AGAIN!" : Put a twist to the old-fashioned "shoe-box" diorama with this fun assessment tool! |
|
|
|
|
|
Target Setting : Publications
http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/performance/ts/pblcnguide.html The following documents from The Standards Site contain information especially relevant to the discussion of Pupil Performance: target | setting | assessment | |
|
|
|
|
|
The UK Standards Site : Assessment & Performance
http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/performance/ap/index.html Welcome to the Autumn Package Home Page The Autumn Package of Pupil Performance Information supports schools with the process of target-setting and school improvement. It contains National Summary Results, Value Added Information and Benchmark Information. A downloadable software tool that processes and analyses your school's pupil performance data and compares it to the 2001 KS1-3 GCSE/GNVQ National figures. Online Panda report Guidance for schools on using the IAP is contained in the software that accompanies the software. |
|
|
|
|
|
A Collection of Assessment Strategies
http://www.educ.state.ak.us/tls/frameworks/mathsci/ms5_2as1.htm Alaska Department of Education & Early Development A Collection of Assessment Strategies Each portion of this section describes and analyzes a particular type of assessment strategy, then lists sources of further information. Following those discussions, samples show how each type of strategy might be used at various grade levels. The following assessment strategies are examples of classroom-based assessment. Most of the examples are embedded assessment (that is, the assessment is part of instruction and informs the teacher how to adjust instruction during the teaching process). They may also provide ongoing documentation of a student's ability relative to the Alaska Content Standards. These examples are not designed to be used as final assessment rubrics to quantify whether or not the students have achieved the Alaska Content Standards. Performance tasks addressing the content standards and related assessment rubrics for those tasks will be developed at a later date. |
|
|
|
|
|
US School Reports ... see them all
http://www.heritage.org/reportcards/ A new online database developed by the Heritage Foundation allows parents and teachers to go to one Web site to find all the school report cards in the United States. To help schools create more useful accountability sites, the Foundation has identified 10 model report cards. This map contains links to samples of Internet-based report cards in each of the 50 states (note that some states have no online report cards). Parents and other interested persons can click on the map to learn more about their children's schools, both public and private, and to compare and contrast different report cards. To the left of the map are links to various national report cards, profiling schools in multiple states. |
|
|
|
|
|
Report Card Comments
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/assess.html#cards Elementary School Report Card Comments | ERIC Digest: Teacher Comments on Report Cards | Health and PE Report Card Comments | Language Arts Report Card Comments | Mathematics Report Card Comments | Quarterly Report Card Comments | Science/Technology Report Card Comments | Secondary Report Card/Progress Report Comments | |
|
|
|
|
|
Assessment
http://www.rmcdenver.com/useguide/assessme/aindex.htm? Adopting, Adapting, or Developing an Aligned Assessment for Your Lesson While your ultimate goal will be to help all students master the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) and demonstrate student mastery through high scores on the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS), you do not want to wait until the end-of-year test to know whether your students learned the knowledge and skills. Instead, you will want to develop, adapt, or adopt assessments that will tell you whether students have learned what you expect them to learn within any given lesson. |
|
|
|
|
|
FunBrain Learning Network
http://www.funbrain.com/ Quiz Lab: Give paperless quizzes to your class. • Quiz Lab automatically grades the quizzes and emails the results to you. • Access thousands of assessment quizzes written by teachers like you. Assessment | AR&R | |
|
|
|
|
|
CHEW
http://www.cs.ucl.ac.uk/staff/R.Hazemi/chew.html Collaboration in Higher Education using the Web |
|
|
|
|
|
NetQuest
http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/mru/netquest/tml "Tutorial Markup Language" to creat searchable questionbanks for online delivery of tutorials and assessment. |
|
|
|
|
|
Computer Assisted Assessment
http://medweb.bham.ac.uk/http/caa/ Automated assessment |
|
|
|
|
|
Online Assessment
http://www.cs.strath.ac.uk/research/ACE/assessment.html A useful set of links to other sites. |
|
|
|
|
|
CRESST
http://cresst96.cse.ucla.edu/index.htm National Centre for Research on Evaluation, Standards and Student Testing |
|
|
|
|
|
Pathways to School Improvement
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/as0cont.htm Critical issues with assessment / Trip Planner / Alternative Assessments / Educational Reform / Reporting / Assessing / What does Reasearch Say about Early Childhood Education / Assessment and Accountability / |
|
|
|
|
|
OnLine Teaching Course Evaluations
http://www.mta.link75.org/eval/ This is ones schools attempt to give online evaluation feedback to teachers about their courses...... |
|
|
|
|
|
OnLine Educational Magazine
http://www.fromnowon.org/fnoindex.html This main menu has "Assessment" as the first option.... with several articles.... including "Assessing Technology" |
|
|
|
|
|
National Academy Press (USA)
http://nas.edu/morenews Grading the Nations Report card .... Evaluating NAEP and Transforming the Assessment of Educational Progress |
|
|
|
|
|
ASE
http://www.ase-solutions.co.uk "Assessment Centre Exercise" / "Graduate & Managerial Assessments" / plus lots of others.. |
|
|
|
|
|
Assessment Using a Computer
http://www.qmark.com/tryitout.html A company called "Question Mark" ... impressive piece of software... local agent is Clarity tel: 2791 1787 |
|
|
|
|
|
Educational Testing Service Network
http://www.ets.org |
|
|
|
|
|
Nstore from H.S.Software
http://www.argonet.co.uk/h.s.soft/ National Curriculum record keeping and reporting software for Acorn, Psion and PC Compatible machines |
|
|
|
|
|
NFER-NELSON
http://www.nfer-nelson.co.uk/ Lots of assessment material ... their is a search engine here to help you find items on the site. |
|
|
|
|
|
National Curriculum Assessment Test
http://www.logo.com Computer Software... published by Longman |
|
|
|
|
|
USA: National Assessment of Educational Progress
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs98/linking98/index.html This report presents the results of an international benchmarking study. |
|
|
|
|
|
Student-Development Assessment Tools
http://www.indstate.edu/dragon/ix-indx.html |
|
|
|
|
|
National Records of Achievement
http://www.open.gov.uk/dfee/nra.htm Info from the DfEE (UK) |
|
|
|
|
|
Questionnaires
http://salmon.psy.plym.ac.uk/mscprm/forms.htm How to put questionnaires on the internet |
|
|
|
|
|
QuestionMark
http://www.qmark.com/ "The world's leading software for quizzes, tests and surveys" |
|
|
|
|
|
DfEE Advice (UK) Assessment of Pupils
http://www.dfee.gov.uk/a-z/KEY%5FSTAGE%5FASSESSMENT.html The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) is responsible for the development and administration of the National Curriculum on behalf of the Secretary of State. This responsibility extends to the marking of statutory tests at Key Stages 2 and 3 and the audit of the marking of Key Stage 1 tests. The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority contracts External Marking Agencies to perform this function and closely monitors their work to ensure standards in timing and quality are met. |
|
|
|
|
|
DfEE Advice (UK) Baseline Assessment
http://www.dfee.gov.uk/a-z/BASELINE%5FASSESSMENT.html Baseline assessment and target setting are fundamental to raising standards and improving the basic skills of literacy and numeracy. Head teachers should make clear to governors and parents that baseline assessment is a vital part of the school’s strategy for raising standards. |
|
|
|
|
|
DfEE Advice (UK) : Benchmarking
http://www.dfee.gov.uk/a-z/BENCHMARKING.html Benchmarking is the term given to the process of measuring standards of actual performance against those achieved by others with broadly similar characteristics. Head teachers and senior managers need to be familiar with the process and the information it provides to assist them in their planning for school improvement. |
|
|
|
|
|
DfEE Advice (UK) : Reports
http://www.dfee.gov.uk/a-z/PUPIL%5FREPORTS.html By law head teachers of maintained schools are responsible for ensuring that they send a written report to parents on their children’s achievements once during the school year (or to the pupil where they are 18 years or over). The Education (Individual Pupils’ Achievements) Regulations prescribe the minimum content of these reports. |
|
|
|
|
|
DfEE Advice : Pupil Records
http://www.dfee.gov.uk/a-z/PUPIL%5FRECORDS.html From 1 March 2000 there have been new requirements for the keeping, disclosure and (from 1 May 2000) transfer of a pupil’s educational record. These take account of the Data Protection Act 1998 and strengthen the arrangements for the transfer of information when a pupil changes school. |
|
|
|
|
|
Sharp Reports
http://www.sharpreports.co.uk/ Every teacher knows that writing reports is hard work. Very hard work. Each child is different and each child deserves a detailed, individual report. This website is designed to ease the load of the Key Stage 2 teacher. It provides an easy to use database of phrases suitable for inclusion in KS 2 reports. The comments are not intended to be used as a substitute for carefully considered, individualised remarks on a child's progress; they are an aid to composition, helping teachers to formulate their ideas when writing children's reports. Rather than being a menu of ready made reports, they are a list of ingredients for the teacher to work with and combine as appropriate. |
|
|
|
|
..click for more links on this subject =>  |
|
|
|
|
|
|
© copyright The Education Project Asia |
|
|
|
