A Collection of Assessment Strategies
Presented by the Alaska Department of Education, the site provides descriptions, diagrams and links.
Assessment in Science Education: The Middle Years
Review of book is provided, explains the target audience, pricing and availability.
Assigning Value: Science Assessment
Brief document which discusses issues in science assessment.
Bringing the Science Assessment Standards into the
Short discussion on issues in science assessment, based on CELA's project on Mathematics and Science Literacy.
Computer-Based Science Assessment : Implications f
Academic paper, discusses issues such as adaptive testing, figural response testing, computer simulations and anchored assessment.
Miami Museum of Science-Alternative Assessment Def
Offering a description of a range of techniques for science assessment, the site also contains links to further information.
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.
Performance Assessment for Science Teachers
Sample tasks are provided for authentic assessment, along with rationale, teachers notes and equipment lists.
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.
Quality Evaluation of University Theses
Model for the evaluation of theses from 4 quality axes: theoretical, logical, semantical and methodological.
Scholastic - Assessment
Resources to help educators and their students prepare to be assessed.
Science Records of Achievement and Self Assessment
Examples are provided, for year 2 to 6, of templates for science assessment.