Basic Questions About Assessment
Common Assessment Language
Frequently Asked Questions About Assessment
- What is Assessment? This page provides a synopsis of two perspectives on what assessment should involve. We invite your comments about other alternatives.
- Why Assess? The committee's "position statement" on why do this in the first place. Please join in on the conversation.
- How Do We Assess? Some suggestions on what we can do to get this process going. There's much to be done here, so let us know your ideas.
- Who Or What Are We Assessing? Some suggested purposes and methods of assessment borrowed from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Discipline Specific Assessment Standards
- National Council of Teachers of Mathematics: Standards of Assessment for Different Purposes, Using Assessment to Monitor Students' Progress, and Using the Learning Standard in Assessment
External Resources
- Hybrid Writing: From Pilot to Program: Northeastern University "Teaching with Technology" project that initiated "hybrid instruction" in selected writing courses (Tiane Donahue was one of the principal authors)
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Related
Assessment Websites
Access a number of websites that provide information on methodology, theory, and best practices. -
Carnegie
Foundation's Website
Advancement of Teaching to review ten course portfolios that emphasize assessment. -
American Council on Education
Articles about "trends within American universities and colleges."
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