Assessment Resources on the Web

Course Assessment and Classroom Assessment Methods

Educational Sites

Classroom Assessment Practices - National Education Association
Aligning with state and local standards

Evaluation and Assessment - Carnegie Mellon
Covers course evaluation as well as Classroom Assessment Techniques

Critical Issue: Integrating Assessment and Instruction in Ways That Support Learning by North Central Regional Educational Laboratory

Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs) - Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching, Iowa State University

Classroom Assessment - set of links provided by Center for Teaching Excellence, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

Assessment methods used by academic departments and programs - a summary of methods used by units of University of Colorado at Boulder

Tools for Teaching and Learning, including Classroom Assessment Techniques - Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence, Penn State


Commercial Sites

Classroom Assessment by Funderstanding



Test Construction

Bloom's Taxonomy - taxonomy for categorizing level of abstraction of questions that commonly occur in educational settings. From: Counselling Services - University of Victoria

Bloom et al.'s Taxonomy of the Cognitive Domain - Huitt, W. (2004). Educational Psychology Interactive. Valdosta, GA: Valdosta State University.

Major Categories in the Taxonomy of Educational Objectives - Günter Krumme, Professor Emeritus, Univ. of Washington, Seattle

Student Evaluation: Test Construction - set of links provided by the Center for Teaching Excellence, University of Medicine and Denstistry of New Jersey

Designing Test Questions - Univ. of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Writing Exam Questions and Constructing a Test - Teaching and Academic Growth, The University of British Columbia

Test Item Writing - Office of Curriculum Development and Management, University of Alabama School of Medicine

Writing Test Items - Center for Assessment and Research, James Madison University

Test Construction - Some practical ideas by Marilla Svenicki

Writing Good Test Questions by Steve Donelan; Wilderness and Environmental Medicine: Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 66–70.

Tips for writing essay exams- (How to prepare to take the exam) - Political Science/JSIS/LSJ Writing Center, Tools for TAs and Instructors

Writing Effective Tests: A Guide for Teachers