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  1. A Long Overview of Authentic Assessment- Prepared by Lawrence Rudner, ERIC/AE and Carol Boston, ACCESS ERIC.
  2. Assessment & Accountability Program- Translates "best practice" research to educators by providing useful resources.
  3. Designing Performance Assessments: Challenges for the Three-Story Intellect- Literature review and introduction written by Thai educator Jo Anne Wangsatorntanakhun.
  4. Helping Your Students with Homework- U.S. Department of Education guide to fine tuning assignments.
  5. Journal Writing In the Classroom- Keeping a Journal is a great learning tool. It is a way to get students to write down what they think, see, or hear and to promote both learning and thinking about a subject.
  6. Lifelong Learning, Teaching, and Assessment- From the Massachusetts Board of Education Frameworks document--"Charting the Course: The Common Chapters."
  7. StarNET- A network for managing digitized multimedia performance assessment data.
  8. Student Self-Assessment- From Houghton-Mifflin's Education Place.
  9. The Daily Report Card- A daily report of what education issues are getting coverage by the media.
  10. What the Research Says About Student Assessment- What assessment work and which don't?
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