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Assessment Leadership in the International School

 

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External Assessment
Smarter Balance
www.smarterbalanced.org/ 

Feedback

Assistments - online feedback system
http://www.assistments.org/

Edugains 
www.edugains.ca/newsite/aer2/aervideo/descriptivefeedback.html

General Sites
Assessment for Learning
www.assessmentforlearning.edu.au/default.asp

Benchmarking
http://www.education.vic.gov.au/

Field Tested Learning Assessment Guide
www.flaguide.org/intro/intro.php

Getting Smart
http://gettingsmart.com/blog/2012/05/what-does-going-digital-mean-for-the-future-of-k%E2%80%9312-assessment/ 

Instructure
www.instructure.com/

NSDC 'What a Difference a Word Makes'
www.nsdc.org/news/issueDetails.cfm?issueID=9

Pearson School Systems
www.pearsonschoolsystem.com/

Research on Classroom Assessment
www.assessmentinst.com/resources/ati-resources/8

Stenhouse Publishers: Assessment & Grading in the Differentiated Classroom
www.stenhouse.com/html/implementing-fair-isnt-always-equal.htm

University of Minnesota: Center for Applied Research
www.cehd.umn.edu/CAREI/Projects.html

The Center for Public Education: Key Lessons/Homework
http://www.centerforpubliceducation.org/

George Lucas Foundation
http://www.edutopia.org/

Gateway to 21st Century Skills
http://www.thegateway.org/

QCA: Assessment for Learning Key Resource
http://www.qcda.gov.uk/

Assessment Training Institute
www.assessmentinst.com/resources/papers/

Questar Assessment Inc: Assessment in Science
www.questarai.com/

Understanding By Design
www.ubdexchange.org/

Types of Assessment
www.reacheverychild.com/feature/assessment.html#2

Standards
www.awesomelibrary.org/Office/Teacher/Standards/Standards.html

CRESST: National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards & Student Testing
http://www.cse.ucla.edu/

McREL Mid Continental Research for Education & Learning
www.mcrel.org/

Exemplars K-12 Task Examples
www.exemplars.com/

Authentic Assessment in Mathematics
forum.swarthmore.edu/sum94/project2.html

PALS Performance Assessment Links in Science
www.pals.sri.com/index.html

Assessment Resource Center
www.arc.missouri.edu/

NWREL Assessment Models
educationnorthwest.org/resource/focus/Assessment

The PH Factor: Sample Science Tasks
www.miamisci.org/ph/default.html

Practical Assessment  Research & Evaluation
www.pareonline.net/

BETSY: Bayesian Essay Test Scoring System
edres.org/betsy

New Horizons for Learning
www.newhorizons.org/strategies/assess/front_assess.htm

Learn NC: K-12 Teaching University of North Carolina
www.learnnc.org/

Science Daily: Mind & Brain News
www.sciencedaily.com/news/mind_brain/

Assessment Matters!
ozpk.tripod.com/assess.html#

The 2Learn.ca Education Society
www.2learn.ca/

Leadership and Learning Center
www.leadandlearn.com/

Grading, Recording, Reporting
Asylum Software: Markbook
www.markbook.com/

Edline: Gradequick
www.edline.com/solutions/gradebook_and_classroom_management/

E-Learning Software
www.globalscholar.com/

Freedom Report Card System
www.freedomreportcard.com/tutorials/teacher.html

Grading & Reporting Software
dmoz.org/Computers/Software/Educational/Teachers_Help/Gradebooks/

Hawaii's Implementation of Standards
doe.k12.hi.us/standards/

Rediker
www.rediker.com/standards-based-reportcards.html

The Principals’ Partnership
www.principalspartnership.com/standbasedreportcard.pdf

USDOE Training on Standards
www.ed.gov/teachers/how/tools/initiative/summerworkshop/robertson/index.html

Leadership

Assessment Training Institute (ATI)
www.assessmentinst.com/

Leadership and Learning Center
www.leadandlearn.com/

Pathways to School Improvement
www.ncrel.org/sdrs/pathways.htm

Teachfind
http://www.teachfind.com/national-strategies/leading-assessment-learning-afl

Rubrics

Carnegie Mellon University, Performance Criteriawww.cmu.edu/teaching/assessment/examples/courselevel-bytype/performancecriteria/index.html

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/assess.html

Rubistar 4 Teachers
rubistar.4teachers.org

Teachnology
www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/

Rubrics 4 Teachers
www.rubrics4teachers.com/

Assessing Projects
www97.intel.com/en/AssessingProjects/AssessmentStrategies/DemonstratingUnderstanding/ap_rubrics_scoring_guides2.htm

Value Rubrics
uicoursedesign.wordpress.com/assessment/value-rubrics/

Wiki on transdisciplinary skills rubrics
mc2paedia.wikispaces.com/habits

Sample Tasks

Balanced Assessment Tasks
balancedassessment.concord.org

Center for Applied Linguistics
www.cal.org/topics/ta/

EDC's Center for Science Education
cse.edc.org/products/assessment/middleschool/performance.asp 

Exemplars: Standards Based Assessment
www.exemplars.com/

New York State, Dept of Education (Visual Arts)
www.p12.nysed.gov/osa/art/samplers/home.html

PALS-Performance Assess Links in Science
www.pals.sri.com/

PH Factor: Sample Science Tasks
www.miamisci.org/ph/default.html

Samples of Student Work

Larry Ferlazzo-Teacher
larryferlazzo.com/Student%20Work.html

Standards Based Reporting

Standards Based Progress Reporting/Compare with Traditional
www.travisusd.k12.ca.us/travisusd/tusd/Administration/Departments/Educational_Services/SBPR/index.asp

Narragansett Explains Standards Based Classroom
www.narragansett.k12.ri.us/NES/StandardsReportCard.html

Newspaper Article Explaining to Parents
mathforum.org/kb/forum.jspa?forumID=204

Collegial Learning Assessment
www.cae.org/content/pdf/CWRA_0607_Report_Your%20High%20School.pdf

Technology tools and platforms for assessment

Naiku
http://www.naiku.net/

PRINT RESOURCES

Chappuis, Rick, Chappuis and Arter; Classroom Assessment for Student Learning: Doing It Right - Using It Well

Gardner, John;  Assessment and LearningHattie, John; Visible Learning

Noyce, Pendred E.,Hickey, Damile T.,Shepard, Lorrie; New Frontiers in Formative Assessment

Perkins, David; Making Learning Whole

Popham, W. James;  Transformative Assessment

O'Connor, Ken;  Fifteen Fixes for Broken Grading