Assessment+Resources

**MOVING AWAY FROM THE SAT....MOVING TOWARD SMARTER BALANCED** The end of the SAT as part of the assessment process for third-year students in Maine is near. In 2014-2015, students will utilize an adaptive computer-based assessment created by SBAC (Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium.) Get a head start on looking at how the assessment is unfolding here: [|http://www.smarterbalanced.org/smarter-balanced-assessments/#item]

Authentic Assessment Toolbox: an online resource from Jon Mueller
http://jfmueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/toolbox/rubrics.htm

Lots of great resources on rubrics from the University of Wisconsin here:
http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/rubrics.cfm

"UNDERSTANDING RUBRICS" (EDUCATION LEADERSHIP, 1997) http://www.middleweb.com/rubricsHG.html

http://web.archive.org/web/20060901220901/http://www.elm.maine.edu/development/tutorials/rubrics/research.stm
 * Introduce a rubric discussion with colleagues! Compare two different rubrics with commentary (from USM)**.

http://academic.pgcc.edu/~wpeirce/MCCCTR/Designingrubricsassessingthinking.html
 * Interested in using rubrics to assess higher-order thinking skills?** Check out William Peirce's work from 2006:

ASSESSMENT VIDEOS...Great for PD Quickies!
__Picturing the Possibilities....Performance Matters__ A five-minute glimpse into how a high school science teachers thinks about assessment and embeds authentic assessment into her work with students. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlQA10nJGeQ