Student Strategies for self assessment is my post for Teaching English – British Council.
I’ve posted several “The Best” lists on assessment-related issues over the years, and thought I’d narrow them down a bit and post a small collection.
Here they are:
Q & A Collections: Assessment brings together all my Education Weeks post on the topic.
The Best Resources For Learning About Performance Assessment
The Best Resources For Learning About Formative Assessment
The Best Resources On ELL’s & Standardized Tests
The Best Posts On How To Prepare For Standardized Tests (And Why They’re Bad)
The Best Articles Describing Alternatives To High-Stakes Testing
The Best Resources For Learning About Effective Student & Teacher Assessments
The Best Resources On Grading Practices
The Best Rubric Sites (And A Beginning Discussion About Their Use)
The Best Resources For Learning How To Best Give Feedback To Students
The Best Resources On “Differentiated Grading” For English Language Learners
Assessments pic.twitter.com/Pjw8WYSUV4
— Ian Landy (@Picsined) April 25, 2014
Posts specifically related to ELL assessments are scattered throughout these other lists. For now, I’m going to start adding new ones here until I have time to set-up a new list:
More On Assessment is from the iTDi blog. I don’t really have a specific list for ELL assessment — yet.
Duolingo Moves Into Language Proficiency Exams is a very interesting article in Slate.
How I Incorporate Reflection Into Semester Summative Assessments
What Are Education Tests For, Anyway? is from NPR, and gives excellent short and sweet definitions of terms related to assessments.
My latest column in Ed Week brings together all my posts on assessment from the past three years.
8 Questions Teachers Should Ask When Giving Assessments is from Teach, Learn, Grow.
Formative, Summative, Interim: Putting Assessment in Context is from Teach Learn Grow.
Assessing What Matters is from ASCD Educational Leadership.
6 Types Of Assessment Of Learning is from Teach Thought.
Every Teacher’s Guide to Assessment is from Edudemic.
“Assessment is a good servant, but a terrible master.” by @dylanwiliam http://t.co/08O7eOQsX4 pic.twitter.com/RqSzEkTloI
— ©hris Edwards (@ChrisEdwards83) May 23, 2015
An interesting blog on assessment descriptors and comment from @dylanwiliam https://t.co/vLwCqqSCsj #edchat pic.twitter.com/hFFC8WknWO
— Cristina Milos (@surreallyno) June 2, 2015
Q & A Collections: Student Assessment is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column.
Types of Assessments: A Head-to-Head Comparison
#mschat A1: Assessment vs evaluation pic.twitter.com/uYQKEqAfie
— Sandy Cameli, EdD (@DrCameli) January 22, 2016
Beyond the bubble in history/social studies assessments appeared in Kappan Magazine.
Assessing Students on ‘What Really Counts’ is Part Two in my Education Week Teacher series on assessment.
Good idea for assessment. /via @bensk pic.twitter.com/BjcZGt10vX
— Dan Meyer (@ddmeyer) January 4, 2017
Understanding Formative, Interim, and Summative Assessments and Their Role in Student Learning is by Kathy Dyer.
Three Key Questions on Measuring Learning is by Jay McTighe.
Research Matters / Measuring What’s Inside is by Bryan Goodwin.
— Dr. Riina Hirsch (@dr_riina) January 1, 2019
Experimenting with Math Testing in Groups is from Middleweb.
IT’S NO SURPRISE TO TEACHERS, BUT RESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT MOST BENCHMARK ASSESSMENT ARE USELESS
DON’T MIX THE SIX! THINKING ABOUT ASSESSMENT AS SIX DIFFERENT TOOLS WITH SIX DIFFERENT JOBS. is from Primary Timery.
The Way We Talk About Assessment Matters is from ASCD.
Really great list Larry, thanks for sharing this. I would also recommended another tool for assessment and monitoring student’s learning called ExamTime. The tools track learning progress based on student performance, you can find out more here: https://www.examtime.com/student/assessment-tools/