Assessment

Performance Assessment Links in Science - 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.
http://pals.sri.com/

A Collection of Assessment Strategies - Presented by the Alaska Department of Education, the site provides descriptions, diagrams and links.
http://www.eed.state.ak.us/tls/assessment/

Performance Assessment for Science Teachers - Sample tasks are provided for authentic assessment, along with rationale, teachers notes and equipment lists.
http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/curr/science/Perform/PAST5.htm

Computer-Based Science Assessment : Implications for Students with Learning Disabilities - Academic paper, discusses issues such as adaptive testing, figural response testing, computer simulations and anchored assessment.
http://www.rit.edu/~easi/itd/itdv01n4/article7.html

Bringing the Science Assessment Standards into the Classroom - Short discussion on issues in science assessment, based on CELA's project on Mathematics and Science Literacy.
http://cela.albany.edu/publication/article/science.htm

Scholastic - Assessment - Resources to help educators and their students prepare to be assessed.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/professional/assessment/indexbk.htm

Quality Evaluation of University Theses - Model for the evaluation of theses from 4 quality axes: theoretical, logical, semantical and methodological.
http://www.geocities.com/rroque51/index.html

Middle Level Science: Assessment and Evaluation - Saskatchewan Department of Education provides background information on the necessity for, and value of, assessment in science. Also provides examples for authentic assessment.
http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/midlsci/asevmsc.html

Assigning Value: Science Assessment - Brief document which discusses issues in science assessment.
http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/curr/science/resource/Barb98.htm

Miami Museum of Science-Alternative Assessment Definitions - Offering a description of a range of techniques for science assessment, the site also contains links to further information.
http://www.miamisci.org/ph/lpdefine.html

Assessment in Science Education: The Middle Years - Review of book is provided, explains the target audience, pricing and availability.
http://www.wested.org/cs/wew/view/rs/73

Science Records of Achievement and Self Assessment - Examples are provided, for year 2 to 6, of templates for science assessment.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Troy/7175/sci.html