Assessment

Critical Issues in Assessment

• Ensuring Equity with Alternative Assessments

• Rethinking Assessment and Its Role in Supporting Educational Reform

• Integrating Assessment and Instruction in Ways That Support Learning

• Reporting Assessment Results

• Assessing Young Children's Progress Appropriately

Supporting Materials

• NCREL Essay: Why Should Assessment Be Based on a Vision of Learning?
• NCREL Essay: What Does Research Say About Assessment?
• NCREL Essay: What Does Research Say About Early Childhood Education?

Additional Resources

• Internet Links
  Although NCREL takes care in selecting other Internet sites to which it links or points, such selection does not imply endorsement by NCREL, its partners, or funding agents.
  
• Assessment & Accountability:
  Collection of alternative assessment tools developed by the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory.
• CRESST Home Page:
  Web server of the National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing. Includes full text of the CRESSTLINE Newsletter, a description of CRESST print, video and audio products and full text presentations delivered at some CRESST conferences.
• ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation:
  Home page of the Clearinghouse allows searching of the ERIC database and three assessment instrument databases. Contains links to other web sites and list serves concerning assessment and evaluation.
• Improving America's Schools: A Newsletter on Issues in School Reform
  A U.S. Department of Education newsletter intended to help school, district, and state leaders explore key topics in improving America's schools.