Assessment Materials and Resources

• Critical Issues in Assessment
  A good disscussion of assessment issues, with links to resources, including:
• Ensuring Equity with Alternative Assessments
• Rethinking Assessment and Its Role in Supporting Educational Reform
• Integrating Assessment and Instruction in Ways That Support Learning
• Reporting Assessment Results
• Assessing Young Children's Progress Appropriately

• Dept of Education - Performance Assessment
• MCAS - Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System -
  test questions and Release of Spring 2010 Test Items
• New Mexico Public Education Department - Assessment and Accountability Division: New Mexico Standards Based Assessment (NMSBA) - Released Test Items for 2005 and 2006
• Providing Hands-On, Minds-On, and Authentic Learning Experiences in Mathematics
• Score Math Assessment Resources
• Select or Design Assessments That Elicit Established Outcomes
• Student Portfolios: Administrative Uses -- a good description of Student portfolios and their uses
• TIMSS - The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study - is a world-wide assessment and research project that conducts mathematics and science assessments to 4th and 8th grade students from more than 60 counties including the United States every four years. TIMSS assessment of math and science in the Northern Hemisphere will be conducted in March-June 2011.
  • FAQ's about the assessment
  • TIMSS 2011 Schedule
• What is s Teacher Portfolio? -- a good description of Teacher portfolios and their uses