FL 519 Web Resources
Compiled by Dr. Sehlaoui

“The Advantages of Rubrics,” The Learning Network

http://www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-4522.html

“Assessing Student Performance,” Ohio State Office of Faculty and TA Development, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

http://www.osu.edu/education/ftad/Publications/TeachingHandbook/chap-6.html

“Authentic Assessment Overview,” Pearson Education Development Group

http://www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-4911.html

Border, Barbara. “The Status of Alternative Assessments Through the 1990s: Performance and Authentic Assessments in Relation to Vocational-Technical Education, Technical Skills, Workplace Skills, and Related Academic Skills” (1998) V-TECS

“Common Characteristics of Authentic Assessment,” Aurbach & Associates

http://www.aurbach.com/alt_assess.html

“Creating Better Student Assessments,” The U.S. Department of Education, Improving America’s Schools

http://www.ed.gov/pubs/IASA/newsletters/assess/pt1.html

Davis, Barbara G. “Quizzes, Tests, and Exams,” Tools for Teachers, Jossey-Bass (1999)

http://uga.berkeley.edu/sled/bdg/quizzes.html

“Designing Test Questions, “Walker Teaching Resource Center, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

http://www.utc.edu/Teaching-Resource-Center/test-questions.html

Dewey, Russell A. “Writing Multiple Choice Items Which Require Comprehension,” Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA

http://psywww.com/selfquiz/aboutq.htm

“Essay Tests,” Office Teaching Effectiveness, University of Colorado at Denver

http://thunderl.cudenver.edu/OTE/nn/

“General Tips for Writing Essay Prompts,” Online Writing Lab, Rogue Community College, Grant’s Pass, OR

http://www2.rogue.cc.or.us/OWL/teaching/prompt.htm

“Guidelines for Rubric Development,” EdWeb, San Diego State University

http://edweb.sdsu.edu/triton/july/rubrics/Rubric_Guidelines.html

Hitchcock, David. “How Can I Use Multiple Choice Tests for More Than Just Rote Recall of Facts?” http://www.mcmaster.ca/learning/teaching_tips/tip14.htm

“How to Write Tests: Matching Questions,” University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

http://www.edu.uleth.ca/courses/ed3604/HTWT.html#mat

“Improving Your Test Questions,” Division of Measurement of Evaluation, Office of Instructional Resources, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

http://www.oir.uiuc.edu/dme/Exams/ITQ.html#sec23

“Including All Students” Kansas Curriculum Center, Washburn University

Jacobs, Lucy C. “How to Write Better Tests,” Indiana University, Bureau of Education Studies & Testing http://www.indiana.edu/~best/write_better_tests.shtml

Johnson, John A. “Levels of Understanding Assessed By Multiple Choice Questions”

http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/j/5/j5j/psy002/MCQ.html

Kehoe, Jerard. “How to Write Multiple Choice Questions,” QuizPlease

http://www.robmccormack.com/qphelp/qphowto5.htm

“Lack of Training on Standards Tests.” Education Week on the Web

http://www.edweek.org/sreports/qc01/articles/qc01chart.cfm?slug=17tools-c1.h20

“The Multiple Choice Exam,” University of Victoria, British Columbia Learning Skills Program http://www.coun/uvic.ca/learn/program/hndouts/multicho.html

“Performance Assessment,” Education Research Consumer Guide, Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI), US Department of Education

http://www.ed.gov/offices/OERI/

“Performance Assessment Scoring Rubric,” National Center for Research on Education, Standards, and Student Teaching (CRESST)

http://www/cse.ucla/edu/CRESST/pages/Rubrics.htm

“Principles of Good Practice for Assessing Student Learning,” University of Montana at Bozeman, Office of Institutional Research

http://www.montana.edu/aircj/assess/GoodPractices.html

Rowe, Allan D. “Rubric Basics,” http://www.rubrics.com: 19815/4DAction/w_start/1

Rudman, Herbert C. “Integrating Testing with Teaching,” ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation http://ericae.net/pare/getvn.asp?v=1&n=6

“Standards for Teacher Competence in Educational Assessment of Students,” Buros Institute, University of Nebraska, Lincoln http://www.unl.edu/buros/article3.html

“Student Evaluation of Test Item Quality,” University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign

http://www.oir.uiuc.edu/dme/ices_cat/NewICESfaq.html

“Summary Data on Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Quality, and Teacher Qualifications,” National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), 2000

http://www.ncate.org/resources/factsheettq.htm

Svinicki, Marilla. “I’d Like to Use Essay Tests, But…” The Professional & Organizational Development Network in Higher Education

http://www.ucet.ufl.edu/ProgramService/topic6-2.htm

“Test Construction,” Teaching@Indiana, Indiana University

http://www.indiana.edu/~handbook/evalsp-t.htm

“Test Taking Strategies,” Lawrence University, Appleton, WI

http://www.lawrence.edu/dept/student_acad/college_place/before_the_exam.html

“Test Taking Strategies,” Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI

http://www.eop.mu.edu/study/

“Test Techniques,” The Center for Teaching Excellence, Lansing Community College, Lansing, MI

http://www.lansing.cc.mi.us.~cte/workshops/testingtechniques/tt99_references.html

“True-False Item Construction,” College of Education, Texas A&M University

http://empowermentzone.tamu.edu/true_false_item/page2.hmtl

“Writing Matching Test Items,” Alabama Professional Development Modules

http://web.utk.edu/~mccay/apdm/mod3b/mod3b_a.html

“Writing Test Items,” Michigan State University

http://www.msu.edu/dept/soweb/writitem.html

“Writing True-False Questions and Evaluating Responses,” Alabama Professional Development Modules http://web.utk.edu/~mccay/apdm/mod3at-f_b.html

“Writing True-False Items,” Office of Measurement Services, University of Minnesota

http://www.ucs.umn.edu/oms/truefalse.htmlx