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Presented by the Alaska Department of Education, the site provides descriptions, diagrams and links.
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Review of book is provided, explains the target audience, pricing and availability.
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Brief document which discusses issues in science assessment.
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Short discussion on issues in science assessment, based on CELA's project on Mathematics and Science Literacy.
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Academic paper, discusses issues such as adaptive testing, figural response testing, computer simulations and anchored assessment.
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Offering a description of a range of techniques for science assessment, the site also contains links to further information.
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Saskatchewan Department of Education provides background information on the necessity for, and value of, assessment in science. Also provides examples for authentic assessment.
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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.
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Sample tasks are provided for authentic assessment, along with rationale, teachers notes and equipment lists.
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Model for the evaluation of theses from 4 quality axes: theoretical, logical, semantical and methodological.
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Resources to help educators and their students prepare to be assessed.
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Examples are provided, for year 2 to 6, of templates for science assessment.
