Intel Education: Assessing Projects: Overview and Benefits


	Assessing Projects: Overview and Benefits Assessment Web Sites

Assessment Resources on the Web
Assessment Toolkit
www.nwrel.org/assessment/toolkit98.php*
A collection of readings and activities to be used for professional development in improving assessment

The Concept of Formative Assessment
www.ericdigests.org/2003-3/concept.htm*
A brief overview of the research on formative assessment

Critical Issue: Multiple Dimensions of Assessment That Support Student Progress in Science and Mathematics www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/content/cntareas/science/sc700.htm*
A research-based exploration of how different kinds of assessment can improve student achievement

Does The Use of Holistic Rubrics Affect Student Performance in Reading and Writing?
www.usm.maine.edu/cepare/pdf/meg/meg07.pdf*  (PDF; 2 pages)
Examination of the effects of using holistic rubrics

Inside the Black Box: Raising Standards through Classroom-Based Assessment
www.pdkintl.org/kappan/kbla9810.htm*
The premier research study on the use of informal classroom assessments

New Assessment Beliefs for a New School Mission
www.assessmentinst.com/forms/NewBeliefs.pdf* (PDF; 7 pages) Article by Rick Stiggins arguing that effective classroom assessment must support high-stakes testing

Practical Assessment Research and Evaluation
http://pareonline.net/*
A peer-reviewed journal that addresses issues of assessment

Rubrics and Self-Assessment Project
www.pz.harvard.edu/Research/RubricSelf.htm*
Research focused on the effect of instructional rubrics and rubric-referenced self-assessment on the development of 7th and 8th grade students' writing skills and their understandings of the qualities of good writing

Self-Assessment
www.aaia.org.uk/pdf/AAIAformat4.pdf* (PDF; 35 pages)
A collection of information and activities to help students learn to assess their own learning

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