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Professional Literature on This Subject
  1. Assessment Ideas for the Elementary Science Classroom- A great overview of common assessments.
  2. Bringing the Science Assessment Standards into the Classroom - Short discussion on issues in science assessment, based on CELA's project on Mathematics and Science Literacy.
  3. A Collection of Assessment Strategies - Presented by the Alaska Department of Education, the site provides descriptions, diagrams and links.
  4. Educational Issues Series (Performance Assessment)- A great introduction that issues criticisms of standardized achievement tests.
  5. National Skill Standards Board - A coalition of leaders from business, labor, employee, education, and community and civil rights organizations created to build a voluntary national system of skill standards, assessment and certification systems to enhance the ability of the United States workforce to compete effectively in a global economy. These skills are being identified by industry in full partnership with labor, civil rights and community-based organizations. The standards will be based on high performance work and will be portable across industry sectors.
  6. Performance-Based Assessment in Teacher Preparation Using A Web-Based System- Complete article based on a conference.
  7. Performance-Based Assessment Task- Example using lesson "Games People Play".
  8. Performance Assessment- A Meta-Analysis.
  9. Project Approach- The definitive web site on the Project Approach in Early Childhood and Elementary Education.
  10. School Redesign Network- Stanford University based program.
  11. Toolkit Menu- Offers over thirty training activities.
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