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Assessment

Learning assessment is more than testing students and assigning grades. It is a system that provides feedback about student learning. Use these links and tutorials to learn about assessment theory, assessment tools, and online learning assessment.

Feel free to contact the center to make suggestions for additions or send us your own resources or articles.

Assessment Theory

Why do assessment? University of Wisconsin-Madison's "Field-tested Learning Assessment Guide (FLAG)"
Assessment Glossary CU's Cooperative Assessment Project
Assessment and Instructional Alignment (Online Tutorial) This tutorial introduces an assessment approach using the Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy. Using the taxonomy can improve your assessment system and improve student learning by aligning course objectives, activities and assessments with each other. Center for Faculty Development, University of Colorado
A Primer: Diagnostic, Formative, & Summative Assessment Richard Swearingen, Heritage University
What's Assessment all about? CU's Cooperative Assessment Project

Authentic Assessment

Authentic Assessment Toolbox by John Mueller at North Central College
Incorporating Authentic Assessment Park University
Authentic Assessment Overview Pearson Education Development Group
What is Authentic Assessment? Houghton Mifflin Education Place

Formative Assessment (finding out what students know)

Knowledge Surveys: What Do Students Bring to and Take from a Class? Dr. Delores Knipp, United States Air Force Academy

The Knowledge Survey: A Tool for All Reasons Edward Nuhfer, University of Colorado at Denver and Delores Knipp, United States Air Force Academy

Program Assessment

UC Denver Office of Assessment Find accreditation forms, advance student learning and improve programs.

Assessment Tools

Concept Maps

The Theory Underlying Concept Maps and How to Construct and Use Them Joseph Novak & Alberto Cañas, Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition
Concept Maps for Assessment Entry Point
Examining Concept Maps As An Assessment Tool, Maria Araceli Ruiz-Primo, Stanford University
Classroom Assessment Techniques: Concept Mapping

Essays

Developing Essay Items Park University
Essay Questions (Online Tutorial) WisTREC (Wisconsin’s Technology Resource for Educating Care Providers)
Using Essay Assignments to Assess and Develop Critical Thinking Skills IDEA Center

Grading

Grading: Making it Fair, Time Efficient, Conducive to Learning (Online Tutorial) Center for Teaching and Learning at Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
Getting More "Teaching" out of "Testing" and "Grading" article from the Stanford Center for Teaching and Learning)

Learning Objectives

Writing Quality Learning Objectives Park University Faculty Resources
Learning Objectives The MIT Teaching and Learning Laboratory
How to Write Great Learning Objectives Kevin Krause, eLearning Guru
A Quick Guide to Writing Learning Objectives Don Clark

Performance-Based Assessment

Performance-Based Assessment Emerging Technologies
Projects Institute for Interactive Media, University of Technology Sydney
Performance Assessment University of Wisconsin-Madison's "Field-tested Learning Assessment Guide (FLAG)"

Rubrics

Rubrics Video Case Stories (Videos) Merlot Elixr video case stories: discipline-specific cases, common issues and general resources
Creating a Rubric (Online Tutorial) Rubrics are a tool to help you evaluate student performance. They help you clarify expectations about projects while improving learning and grading fairness. Center for Faculty Development, University of Colorado Denver
The Role of Rubrics in Advancing and Assessing Student Learning Kenneth Wolf & Ellen Stevens, UCD
Scoring Rubrics: What, When and How? Barbara M. Moskal, Colorado School of Mines
Teacher-Created Rubrics for Assessment (Rubric Examples) University of Wisconsin, Stout
Recommendations for Developing Classroom Performance Assessments and Scoring Rubrics Barbara M. Moskal, Colorado School of Mines
Designing Scoring Rubrics for Your Classroom Craig A. Mertler Bowling Green State University
Student-Centered Assessment Mick LaLopa, Purdue University
Classroom Assessment Techniques: Scoring Rubrics National Institute for Science Education's College Level One Team, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Rubric Examples (Teamwork, ePortolios, Research Process, Multimedia Projects) University of Wisconsin Stout, School of Education Online Professional Development

Tests

How to Write Better Tests: A Handbook for Improving Test Construction Skills Indiana University, Bloomington
Testing Higher Level Skills University of Leeds
Designing Effective Objective Test Questions Loughborough University
Multiple Choice Questions University of Technology, Syndey
Summative Classroom Assessment Park University
Writing Quality Test Items, True-False, Multiple Choice, Matching, Short Answer, Essay, Creative Alternatives Park University Faculty Resources
Multiple Choice Tests University of Wisconsin-Madison's "Field-tested Learning Assessment Guide (FLAG)"

More Ideas...

Attitude Surveys University of Wisconsin-Madison's "Field-tested Learning Assessment Guide (FLAG)"
Minute Papers University of Wisconsin-Madison's "Field-tested Learning Assessment Guide (FLAG)"
Mathematical Thinking University of Wisconsin-Madison's "Field-tested Learning Assessment Guide (FLAG)"
Portfolios University of Wisconsin-Madison's "Field-tested Learning Assessment Guide (FLAG)"
Weekly Reports University of Wisconsin-Madison's "Field-tested Learning Assessment Guide (FLAG)"

Online Learning Assessment

Academic Honesty

Encouraging Academic Honesty in Online Courses Dave Thomas, CU Online, University of Colorado
Preserving Academic Honesty: Who Cheats and Why, and How to Prevent It Lansing Community College
Academic Honesty and Online Courses College Student Journal, March 2006

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