A Collection of Assessment Strategies
- Presented by the Alaska Department of Education, the site provides descriptions, diagrams and links.
- http://www.eed.state.ak.us/tls/assessment/
Scholastic - Assessment
- Resources to help educators and their students prepare to be assessed.
- http://teacher.scholastic.com/professional/assessment/indexbk.htm
Performance Assessment for Science Teachers
- Sample tasks are provided for authentic assessment, along with rationale, teachers notes and equipment lists.
- http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/curr/science/Perform/PAST5.htm
Performance Assessment Links in Science
- Requiring free registration, the site provides an on-line, standards-based, resource bank of science performance assessment tasks indexed via the National Science Education Standards (NSES) and various other standards frameworks.
- http://pals.sri.com/
Assigning Value: Science Assessment
- Brief document which discusses issues in science assessment.
- http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/curr/science/resource/Barb98.htm
Middle Level Science: Assessment and Evaluation
- Saskatchewan Department of Education provides background information on the necessity for, and value of, assessment in science. Also provides examples for authentic assessment.
- http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/midlsci/asevmsc.html