Assessment Resources
Classroom Assessment
The benefits of CATs are described and strategies for use are presented along with descriptions of the Minute Paper, Muddiest Point, and the One-Sentence Summary in this webpage produced by the Center for Support of Teaching and Learning at Syracuse University.
http://cstl.syr.edu/cstl2/Home/Teaching%20Support/Teaching%20Practice/149000.htm
"Fair Assessment Practices: Giving Students Equitable Opportunities to Demonstrate Learning"
Key concepts: assessments, learning outcomes, measures
http://tinyurl.com/2n3kpc
A Revised Peer Assessment Instrument
"A Revised Peer Assessment Instrument," by Michael Toth and Jawad Khan at Portland State University and includes the peer assessment form.
http://www.pdx.edu/media/f/a/facfocfall00.pdf
A Sampler of Effective Practices
Authors Diane M. Emerson, Kathryn M. Plank, and R. Neill Johnson offer "A Sampler of Effective Practices" for obtaining effective student feedback. These techniques have been tried and tested in Penn State University classrooms. The authors have found that feedback instruments are most useful when used early in the semester.
http://www.schreyerinstitute.psu.edu/pdf/PennStateTeacherII.pdf
Assessing Learning Outcomes
An introduction to rubrics
http://www.stedwards.edu/cte/content/view/1528/49/
Assessing Student Performance and Understanding
"Integration of Disciplines: Assessing Student Performance and Understanding" briefly covers authentic assessment, performance assessment, criterion-referenced assessment, systematic observation, portfolios and process folios, and journals.
http://www.orst.edu/instruction/ed555/zone5/zone5hom.htm
Assessing Students and Yourself Using the One-Minute Paper and Observing Students Working Cooperatively
"Assessing Students and Yourself Using the One-Minute Paper and Observing Students Working Cooperatively" by Dr. Theodore Panitz and Patricia Panitz
http://home.capecod.net/~tpanitz/tedsarticles/Assessment.htm
Assessments that Promote Learning
"Assessments that Promote Learning" by John Lowe explains how to build student self-assessment (reflection on their own learning) into a course. Topics include: self-assessment, reflection, learning, questionnaire, exam, problem, lab write-up, performance analysis.
Authentic Assessment Toolbox
"Authentic Assessment Toolbox" is Jon Mueller's comprehensive site on the subject, explaining what authentic assessment is, the step-by-step design of authentic assessments (including rubrics), defining terms, and much more! Key concepts: rubrics, authentic assessments, portfolios, tasks, standards.
http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/toolbox/index.htm
Classroom Assessment Techniques
Southern Illinois University's Undergraduate Assessment and Program Review website provides a definition of Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs), popularized by authors Angelo and Cross [Angelo, T.A. & Cross, K. P. (1993). Classroom assessment techniques, a handbook for college teachers (2nd ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
http://www.siue.edu/~deder/assess/catmain.html
Classroom Assessment Techniques
An overview of Classroom Assessment Techniques is provided along with the characteristics of CATs, assumptions, how to begin, and suggestions for success.
http://tinyurl.com/2tlo36
Computer-Assisted Teaching Learning
This resource from the University of Leicester's CASTLE (Computer-Assisted Teaching Learning) Toolkit defines the levels of Bloom's Taxonomy and then applies those levels in the construction of multiple-choice questions. Examples of test questions are provided.
http://www.le.ac.uk/castle/resources/mcqman/mcqappc.html
Developing a Personal Grading Plan
The University of Washington's Faculty Resource on Grading includes a module by the National Council on Measurement in Education on "Developing a Personal Grading Plan" that walks you through many of the issues involved in determining the fairness and defensibility of your grading plan.
http://depts.washington.edu/grading/plan/frisbie.html
Evaluation Cookbook
For a handy checklist of evaluation techniques, visit the online "Evaluation Cookbook" Topics include: assessment, evaluation, checklists, concept maps, confidence logs, cost-effectiveness, designing experiments, ethnography, focus groups, interviews, nominal group technique, pre-test, post-test, questionnaire, observation, trials.
http://www.icbl.hw.ac.uk/ltdi/cookbook/recipes.html
Grades
The Doing CL website addresses the pros and cons of these and other group grading schemes
http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/nise/cl1/cl/doingcl/grades.htm
Ideas on Teaching
The University of Oklahoma's Instructional Development Program has a helpful website on test construction.
http://www.ou.edu/idp/tips/ideas/quick10.html
Maricopa Center for Learning and Instruction
The Maricopa Center for Learning and Instruction site provides links to authentic assessment resources: questions and answers, articles, performance assessment of critical thinking, and creating rubrics.
http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/
Nine Principles of Good Practice for Assessing Student Learning
Nine Principles of Good Practice for Assessing Student Learning, from the Teaching, Learning and Technology Center at the State University of New York. Key concepts: assessment, evaluation.
http://tlt.suny.edu/originaldocumentation/library/assessment.htm
Online Assessment Resources for Teachers
University of Wisconsin-Stout's authentic assessment resources includes rationale for authentic assessment and various strategies, including the use of electronic portfolios, rubrics, group grades.
http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/assess.shtml
Rubric Template
Rubric template
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/triton/july/rubrics/Rubric_Template.html
Self-Assessment In Portfolios
"Self-assessment in Portfolios" describes how students can turn their writing notebooks into portfolios. The author provides a series of questions for students to answer after each composition.
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/learning/lr2port.htm
Structures for Student Self-Assessment
"Structures for Student Self-Assessment" emphasizes the importance of self-assessment to critical thinking. The author includes techniques that can be used by students in assessing reading, writing, listening, and speaking. The article concludes with a Global Self-Assessment, requiring students to do a global analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of their performance in a class.
http://www.criticalthinking.org/page.cfm?PageID=458&CategoryID=64
Teaching Effectiveness Program
The University of Oregon's Teaching Effectiveness Program Website provides lessons learned from Michael Sweet, who used peer evaluation with a freshman seminar (see "Petting the Shark: Using Student Peer Evaluations") and an introduction to formalized Team Learning.
http://tinyurl.com/2kmcsy
Teaching Support Services
The website of the Teaching Support Services center at the University of Guelph in Ontario offers links to resources on: Quizzes, Tests, and Exams, Effective Grading and Grading Practices
http://www.tss.uoguelph.ca/resources/onlineres/testing_grading.htm
teachnology
Rubric generator for many subjects
http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/
teachnology-General Rubric
Customizable general rubric
http://teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/general/
The Case for Authentic Assessment
"The Case for Authentic Assessment" defines, gives examples, and anticipates arguments against the use of authentic assessment. Key concepts: authentic assessments, structured tasks, test validity
http://ericae.net/edo/ED328611.htm
The Muddiest Point in the Lecture as a Feedback Device
"The Muddiest Point in the Lecture as a Feedback Device" discusses the three questions that can be asked at the end of class as feedback.
http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/html/icb.topic58474/mosteller.html
Tips for Grading Group Work
"Tips for Grading Group Work" by Kathleen McKinney, Cross Chair in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning and Professor of Sociology, Illinois State University, examines how (and whether) group work should be graded.
http://www.cat.ilstu.edu/resources/teachTopics/grpGrading.php
Using Student Peer Review
Colorado State University's Writing Center walks you through the use of peer review as a teaching technique. Topics include: Planning for Peer Review Sessions, Helping Students Make Effective Comments, Helping Students Handle Divergent Advice, and includes sample workshop sheets
http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/teaching/peer/
Using Technology to Support Alternative Assessment and Electronic Portfolios
Helen Barrett's website, "Using Technology to Support Alternative Assessment and Electronic Portfolios" provides a fantastic overview--including tutorials and articles--on creating and using standards-based electronic portfolios.
http://electronicportfolios.com/portfolios.html
Writing Multiple-Choice Questions that Demand Critical Thinking
The University of Oregon's Teaching Effectiveness Center, addresses the topic: "Writing Multiple Choice Questions that Demand Critical Thinking." The author presents important things to consider when designing questions, a discussion of Bloom's Taxonomy, several practical suggestions, techniques for creating questions, and a bibliography.
http://tinyurl.com/3amuqq