Assessment Resources on the Web
Assessment Toolkit
A collection of readings and activities to be used for professional development in improving assessment
The Concept of Formative Assessment
A brief overview of the research on formative assessment
Critical Issue: Multiple Dimensions of Assessment That Support
Student Progress in Science and Mathematics
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?
Examination of the effects of using holistic rubrics
Inside the Black Box: Raising Standards through Classroom-Based Assessment
The premier research study on the use of informal classroom assessments
New Assessment Beliefs for a New School Mission
Assessment Beliefs for a New School Mission.pdf
Article by Rick Stiggins arguing that effective classroom assessment must support high-stakes testing
Practical Assessment Research and Evaluation
A peer-reviewed journal that addresses issues of assessment
Rubrics and Self-Assessment Project
Research focused on the effect of instructional rubrics and rubric-referenced on self-assessment on the development of 7th and 8th grade students' writing skills and their understandings of the qualities of good writing
Self-Assessment
A collection of information and activities to help students learn to assess their own learning
Project-Based Learning Resources on the Web
Buck Institute for Education
Buck Institute offers training and a handbook to guide middle school and high school teachers in incorporating project-based learning into the curriculum. The Web site also includes resources and research on PBL effectiveness.
George Lucas Educational Foundation
Edutopia provides a magazine, stories of innovative teaching and learning, summary of project-based learning research, along with a gallery of project examples (in print and video versions).
Intel® Education: Designing Effective Projects
This resource includes a large collection of Unit Plans that integrate technology, models of classroom projects that integrate instruction in thinking skills, and tools and strategies for developing your own exemplary technology-supported learning.
National Foundation for the Improvement of Education
Connecting the Bits (2000) includes a chapter on "Project-Based Learning and Information Technologies."
The Project Approach
Maintained by Sylvia Chard, professor at University of Alberta and co-author of Engaging Children's Minds: The Project Approach (2000). [Note: Web site also available in a Chinese version.]
Understanding Rubrics
Heidi Goodrich Andrade is an assistant professor at the College of Education, Ohio University. Her work on rubrics was published in Educational Leadership, 54(4).