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Use the links below to
learn about national and state assessment and testing issues.
CRESST: Just for Teachers
UCLA's National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and
Student Testing offers articles, white papers, and other resources
for teachers interested in learning about testing and assessment.
National
Center on Educational Outcomes: State Policies
NCEO provides resources and links to help you learn about your own
state's assessment practices and NCLB compliance. Just browse this
page for your state and follow the links.
NCLB: Accountability for Schools
The federal government offers a comprehensive guide for educators on
various topics related to No Child Left Behind and accountability:
testing, standards, adequate yearly progress, and parental
involvement.
NCLB: A
Toolkit for Teachers
Download this useful guide for understanding what NCLB means for
teachers.
National Assessment
Governing Board
The NAGB oversees NAEP testing. Find publications and statistics
about NAEP here.
  
Classroom-Based Assessment
Appropriate Assessments for Science Education
Read what the president of the American Academy of Sciences believes
makes a good science assessment. Here's a preview: it doesn't
involve multiple-choice questions.
Assessment
Accommodations
Learn about the variety of accommodations you can make to help
students with different needs cope with assessments.
Assessments for Young Children
This is a useful overview of a variety of types of assessments and
how they relate to primary schoolchildren.
Authentic
Assessment Overview
Good description of what authentic assessment
is and isn't.
Early Childhood
This site provides information regarding
various types of assessment to use in early childhood education.
Edutopia:
Assessment
Browse a wide range of assessment articles from the George Lucas
Educational Foundation. Also view an interview with assessment
expert Grant Wiggins.
Kathy
Schrock: Assessment and Rubric Information
This guide has links to many customizable rubrics and guides to writing report
card comments, as well as a section on alternative assessments.
NCREL: Ensuring Equity with Alternative Assessments
Standardized testing isn't the only assessment option in K-12
classrooms. Learn about the promises and challenges of alternative
assessments.
Orientation to Assessment and Evaluation
The Educational Technology Center at Northeastern University offers
this backgrounder on types and applications of assessments.
Project-Based Learning
Learn more about the PBL method.
Understanding by Design Exchange
Based on the best-selling books by authors
Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe, this Web site contains an electronic
template for unit design and short tutorials and self-checks to
guide curriculum designers.
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