- A Collection of Assessment Strategies
Presented by the Alaska Department of Education, the site provides descriptions, diagrams and links.
 http://www.educ.state.ak.us/tls/frameworks/mathsci/MS5_2AS1.HTM
- Assessment in Science Education: The Middle Years
Review of book is provided, explains the target audience, pricing and availability.
http://www.wested.org/cs/wew/view/rs/73
- Assigning Value: Science Assessment
Brief document which discusses issues in science assessment.
http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/curr/science/resource/Barb98.htm
- 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.
http://cela.albany.edu/publication/article/science.htm
- Computer-Based Science Assessment : Implications for Students with Learning Disabilities
Academic paper, discusses issues such as adaptive testing, figural response testing, computer simulations and anchored assessment.
http://www.rit.edu/~easi/itd/itdv01n4/article7.html
- Miami Museum of Science-Alternative Assessment Definitions
Offering a description of a range of techniques for science assessment, the site also contains links to further information.
http://www.miamisci.org/ph/lpdefine.html
- Middle Level Science: Assessment and Evaluation
Saskatchewan Department of Education provides background information on the necessity for, and value of, assessment in science. Also provides examples for authentic assessment.
http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/midlsci/asevmsc.html
- Performance Assessment Links in Science
Requiring free registration, the site provides an on-line, standards-based, resource bank of science performance assessment tasks indexed via the National Science Education Standards (NSES) and various other standards frameworks.
http://pals.sri.com/
- Performance Assessment for Science Teachers
Sample tasks are provided for authentic assessment, along with rationale, teachers notes and equipment lists.
http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/curr/science/Perform/PAST5.htm
- Portfolios for Assessment and Instruction
ERIC Digest, discussing assessment uses, instructional uses and a variety of other issues, provides extensive list of references.
http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed388890.html
- Quality Evaluation of University Theses
Model for the evaluation of theses from 4 quality axes: theoretical, logical, semantical and methodological.
http://www.geocities.com/rroque51/index.html
- Scholastic Portfolio Assessment -Science Assessment
Geared to the United Kingdom science curriculum, the publisher offers a description and ordering information on these products.
http://www.scholastic.co.uk/resources/schol_portfolio/portks1.html
- Science Records of Achievement and Self Assessment
Examples are provided, for year 2 to 6, of templates for science assessment.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Troy/7175/sci.html
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