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Assessment in General Assessment in Theory @2Learn Together - Links to Principles of Fair Assessment, Five Quality Assessment Standards, Questions to Ask when Considering an Assessment Tool, Assessment in Practice, Questions to Ask After Using an Assessment Tool, Student Empowerment, and Issues and Concerns.
http://www.2Learn.ca/Projects/Together/assess.html

Principles for Fair Student Assessment Practices for Education in Canada - Created by a collection of nationally renowned educational organizations and endorsed by the Canadian School Boards Association, the Canadian Teachers Federation, the Canadian Association for School Administrators, and the Canadian Society for the Study of Education, this document puts forward a number of practices and guidelines that can be used to ensure that the assessment of students in Canadian classrooms is authentic, accurate, and fair.
http://www.2Learn.ca/Projects/Together/fair.html

Authentic Assessment Authentic Assessment and Schoolwide Projects
Ten themes that run through assessment of schoolwide projects.

2Learn.ca Research Summary @2Learn Together: http://www.2Learn.ca/Projects/Together/ KWORDS/assessmw.html
Source: Peterson, Kent. (1997). "Authentic Assessment and Schoolwide Projects," Reform Talk (Issue 1), Comprehensive Regional Assistance Center Consortium-Region VI.
http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/CCVI/Forums/Forum_V2_No1/AA
andSchoolwides_V2_No1.html . (April 1, 1999)

The Case for Authentic Assessment - Definition of and comparisons between authentic and traditional assessment strategies.
Source: Wiggins, Grant. The Case for Authentic Assessment.
Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 2(2), 1990.
http://pareonline.net/getvn.asp?v=2&n=2

Classroom Assessment and Inquiry - This chapter from the online book, Inquiry and the National Science Education
Standards: A Guide for Teaching and Learning (2000), examines assessment and inquiry within the science classroom.
http://books.nap.edu/books/0309064767/html/ 75.html#pagetop

Self-Reflection Questions to ask when considering an assessment tool - from Assessment in Theory @2Learn Together
http://www.2Learn.ca/Projects/Together/assess.html #question
Source: Beauchamp, McConaghy, Parsons & Sanford. Teaching From the Outside In. Duval: 1996, 44.

Questions to ask after using an assessment tool - from Assessment in Theory @2Learn Together
http://www.2Learn.ca/Projects/Together/assess.html#after
Source: Beauchamp, McConaghy, Parsons & Sanford. Teaching From the Outside In. Duval: 1996, 45.

Student Self
Assessment/
Empowerment Students Score: Get Students to Answer to Some Tough Critics - Themselves, Scholastic.com - In this brief article, a teacher outlines how she inspired her grade seven students to construct their own rubrics, and the subsequent positive effect their understanding of standards had on their own work.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/professional/assessment/
StudentsScore.htm

Student Empowerment - from Assessment in Theory @2Learn Together. When students are involved in the development of assessment criteria, they become empowered to meet the goals they establish for themselves.
http://www.2Learn.ca/Projects/Together/ assess.html#empower

Stix, Andi. Empowering Students through Negotiable Contracting to Draft Rubrics for Authentic Assessment, 1996. - "Given the appropriate direction by their teachers, youngsters are able to accurately evaluate their strengths and weaknesses and pinpoint where to focus their efforts to get the most out of what they’re learning. As a result, students view assessment not as an arbitrary form of reward or punishment (a common perception of middle school students), but as a positive tool for personal growth.
"This article examines "negotiable contracting," .... Negotiable contracting is adaptable to both arts and sciences curriculum and is flexible enough to accommodate multi-modal forms of learning. Like any assessment, it ensures that the teacher remains squarely in charge of the classroom and, ultimately, responsible for assuring that grading is appropriate."" (site)
http://teacher.esuhsd.org/rubrics/rubric.html

Portfolios Help Students Develop Standards for Evaluating Their Work, from Scholastic.com - "Portfolios have been part of my first-grade classroom for years, but recently I took portfolio assessment to the next stage by guiding my students to develop their own standards for evaluating their work and deciding what goes into their portfolios. Here's how we did it[:]

To Portfolios and Beyond
Modeling Self-Assessment
Students Self-Assess
Developing a Class Chart
Adding to the Chart
Long-Term Benefits" (site)

http://teacher.scholastic.com/professional/assessment/
studentstandards.htm

Student-Led
Conferences Student-Led Conferences: A Growing Trend - In this article, read about what teachers say are the benefits of student-led conferences. The article explores student preparation, student responsibility, and advantages and disadvantages of student-led conferences; it also links to interesting related websites.
Source: Cromwell, Sharon. "Student-led Conferences: A Growing Trend, Education World." Education World.
http://www.education-world.com/a_admin/admin112.shtml

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Assessment in General		Assessment in Theory @2Learn Together - Links to Principles of Fair Assessment, Five Quality Assessment Standards, Questions to Ask when Considering an Assessment Tool, Assessment in Practice, Questions to Ask After Using an Assessment Tool, Student Empowerment, and Issues and Concerns. http://www.2Learn.ca/Projects/Together/assess.html
		Principles for Fair Student Assessment Practices for Education in Canada - Created by a collection of nationally renowned educational organizations and endorsed by the Canadian School Boards Association, the Canadian Teachers Federation, the Canadian Association for School Administrators, and the Canadian Society for the Study of Education, this document puts forward a number of practices and guidelines that can be used to ensure that the assessment of students in Canadian classrooms is authentic, accurate, and fair. http://www.2Learn.ca/Projects/Together/fair.html
Authentic Assessment		Authentic Assessment and Schoolwide Projects Ten themes that run through assessment of schoolwide projects. *2Learn.ca Research Summary @2Learn Together:* http://www.2Learn.ca/Projects/Together/ KWORDS/assessmw.html *Source:* Peterson, Kent. (1997). "Authentic Assessment and Schoolwide Projects," Reform Talk (Issue 1), Comprehensive Regional Assistance Center Consortium-Region VI. http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/CCVI/Forums/Forum_V2_No1/AA andSchoolwides_V2_No1.html . (April 1, 1999)
		The Case for Authentic Assessment - Definition of and comparisons between authentic and traditional assessment strategies. *Source:* Wiggins, Grant. The Case for Authentic Assessment. Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 2(2), 1990. http://pareonline.net/getvn.asp?v=2&n=2
		Classroom Assessment and Inquiry - This chapter from the online book, Inquiry and the National Science Education Standards: A Guide for Teaching and Learning (2000), examines assessment and inquiry within the science classroom. http://books.nap.edu/books/0309064767/html/ 75.html#pagetop
Self-Reflection		Questions to ask when considering an assessment tool - from Assessment in Theory @2Learn Together http://www.2Learn.ca/Projects/Together/assess.html #question *Source:* Beauchamp, McConaghy, Parsons & Sanford. Teaching From the Outside In. Duval: 1996, 44.
		Questions to ask after using an assessment tool - from Assessment in Theory @2Learn Together http://www.2Learn.ca/Projects/Together/assess.html#after *Source:* Beauchamp, McConaghy, Parsons & Sanford. Teaching From the Outside In. Duval: 1996, 45.
Student Self Assessment/ Empowerment		Students Score: Get Students to Answer to Some Tough Critics - Themselves, Scholastic.com - In this brief article, a teacher outlines how she inspired her grade seven students to construct their own rubrics, and the subsequent positive effect their understanding of standards had on their own work. http://teacher.scholastic.com/professional/assessment/ StudentsScore.htm
		Student Empowerment - from Assessment in Theory @2Learn Together. When students are involved in the development of assessment criteria, they become empowered to meet the goals they establish for themselves. http://www.2Learn.ca/Projects/Together/ assess.html#empower
		*Stix, Andi. Empowering Students through Negotiable Contracting to Draft Rubrics for Authentic Assessment,* 1996.** - "Given the appropriate direction by their teachers, youngsters are able to accurately evaluate their strengths and weaknesses and pinpoint where to focus their efforts to get the most out of what they’re learning. As a result, students view assessment not as an arbitrary form of reward or punishment (a common perception of middle school students), but as a positive tool for personal growth. "This article examines "negotiable contracting," .... Negotiable contracting is adaptable to both arts and sciences curriculum and is flexible enough to accommodate multi-modal forms of learning. Like any assessment, it ensures that the teacher remains squarely in charge of the classroom and, ultimately, responsible for assuring that grading is appropriate."" (site) http://teacher.esuhsd.org/rubrics/rubric.html
Portfolios		Help Students Develop Standards for Evaluating Their Work, from Scholastic.com - "Portfolios have been part of my first-grade classroom for years, but recently I took portfolio assessment to the next stage by guiding my students to develop their own standards for evaluating their work and deciding what goes into their portfolios. Here's how we did it[:] To Portfolios and Beyond Modeling Self-Assessment Students Self-Assess Developing a Class Chart Adding to the Chart Long-Term Benefits" (site) http://teacher.scholastic.com/professional/assessment/ studentstandards.htm
Student-Led Conferences		Student-Led Conferences: A Growing Trend - In this article, read about what teachers say are the benefits of student-led conferences. The article explores student preparation, student responsibility, and advantages and disadvantages of student-led conferences; it also links to interesting related websites. *Source:* Cromwell, Sharon. "Student-led Conferences: A Growing Trend, Education World." Education World. http://www.education-world.com/a_admin/admin112.shtml