On-line Resources

Assessing Student Learning Instructor's Manual, Module 26-29 at EdPsych Modules Learning Center, Bohlin (2009).

• A great resource for teaching assessment of student learning including outlines, learning goals, in-class activities, assessments, handouts, links to video clips, additional references and more.
• Module 26 Video 1: Various Demonstrations of Learning Assessment shows classroom examples of informal, formal, and authentic assessment (5 min.)
• Module 29 Video 1: Explaining Standardized Test Scores is a mock meeting between a teacher and parent regarding a students' standardized test scores. The parent is very confused by test scores and the teacher attempts to explain percentile scores and grade equivalent scores. (8 min.)

Assessment, Measurement and Evaluation at Valdosta, (1996)

• - General overview of assessment that includes graphic organizers and additional links to related topics, videos, and readings

Assessment Webquest with Dr. Sudweek's material by Peter Rich, Ph.d

• Includes a tutorial teaching objective writing, test blueprinting, and item construction Tutorial
• - Here is a link to an Assessment Packet created by Dr. Lois Bobo and Dr. Richard Sudweeks that summarizes the tutorial.
• Also covers basic assessment and Authentic/Performance Assessment

Classroom Assessment Techniques at the BYU Center for Teaching and Learning

• Helpful guide for assessment techniques and methods and item construction

Schrock Guide for Educators at Discovery World

• A great website of pre-constructed rubrics and rubric guidelines

Rubi-Star Home is a great resource for rubric creation
Not on the Test

• Fun video that can be used to start a good debate on NCLB and standardized test movement--mostly highlights cons.

1 - 2 -3 Guide to Test Preparation

• A short guidebook that you can use to help judge the quality of a test.

Textbook Clarifications

Educational Psychology: Reflection for Action by O'Donnell

• more depth on item construction with many examples
• discusses how to communicate grades/student progress with parents

Educational Psychology by John Santrock in Chapters 15 & 16

• includes a helpful self-assessment on classroom assessment philosophy (pg. 592)
• more depth on validity and reliability
• more depth on performance assessments
• discusses item difficulty and discrimination
• discusses important points about developing a grading system
• contains funny comics to illustrate points

Children's Literature

Testing Miss Malarkey by Judith Finchler at the BYU Library

• A comical book illustrating the strange things teachers do during standardized testing time.

First Grade Takes a Test by Miriam Cohen and the BYU Library

• A comical book illustrating the validity of first grade tests

Fourth-Grade Fuss by Johanna Hurwitz at the BYU Library

• Short novel about a fourth grader doing everything he can to pass the end of the year test

Religious Sources

Turning Inward by Bruce D. Porter

• A good article on self-assessment

Abraham 3:25

• "And we will prove them herewith, to see if they will do all things whatsoever the Lord their God shall command them"

Lev. 19: 15 shows how the Lord tells us to judge righteously, with no assessment bias, for he is no respecter of persons