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