WSE First Years of Teaching ProgramPhoto of Watson School



Beth Metcalf
metcalfe@uncw.edu
910.962.7669

Watson School of Education
UNCW
601 South College Road
Wilmington, NC 28403
(910) 962-3000

Assessment Websites

Assessing Student Work with Project Based Learning
http://pblmm.k12.ca.us/PBLGuide/AssessPBL.html
Explains the purpose of PBL

Assessment and Rubric Information
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/assess.html
A list of subject-specific rubrics and report card comments

Assessment of and Assessment for Learning
http://www.pdkintl.org/kappan/k0206sti.htm
An article on the inherent flaws in assessment and what needs to be changed

Assessment Primer
http://www.flaguide.org/start/assess_intro.php
An Introduction to the basics of assessment

Assessment; Uses and Forms
http://www.pacificconsortium.com/rsc/STANDA%7E1.97/f6c3b.htm
Provides a helpful chart that pairs the learning target with a form of test

Concept to Classroom
http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/month7/
An online workshop on Assessment

Discussion and Tools for Assessing Student Learning
http://www.eddept.wa.edu.au/cip/learntech/ar/
Resources to different assessment outlines

Ensuring Equity with Alternative Assessments
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/methods/assment/as800.htm
Listen to different teachers talk about their opinions on standardized testing, and assessment

Guide to Online High School Courses
http://www.nea.org/technology/onlinecourseguide.html
An article on policies of online assessment

How to Implement Standards, Curriculum and Assessment
http://www.teachersnetwork.org/NTNY/nychelp/mentorship/support.htm

“Importance of Testing in Psychology and Education”
http://www.a2zpsychology.com/articles/importance_of_testing_in_psychology.htm
An article outlining the purposes of standardized tests and other forms of evaluation

Instructional Intranet: “Ideas for Tasks”
http://intranet.cps.k12.il.us/Assessments/Ideas_and_Rubrics/Assessment_
Tasks/Ideas_Tasks/ideas_tasks.html

An article on assessment ideas

Introduction to the Basics of Assessment
http://www.flaguide.org/start/assess_intro.php
Gives a basic overview of assessment, it’s purpose, and how to assess effectively

National Association of Test Directors
http://natd.org
Web site for a professional organization responsible for administering assessment programs K-12 in public educational settings.

Overview of Alternative Assessment Approaches
http://www.essentialschools.org/cs/resources/view/ces_res/127

Specific Student Assessment Techniques
http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/policy/studeval/chap4001.html
Outlines methods, organization, methods of data recording, and student activities

Self Assessment Methods
http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/res/assess/selfmth.html
A list of different forms of self assessment

Toolkit98
http://www.nwrel.org/assessment/toolkit98.php
Designed to help teacher become better assessors of student learning.

Tools and Templates
http://www.portical.org/d3mtools.html
Provides worksheets and directions for collecting, organizing and using collected data