Assessment and Feedback Tools

Discrete answer

These should be clearly connected to learning objectives. It's a good idea to have learners bring something back to share in class if they work on their own outside of class.

Online exercises

Activities for ESL/EFL Students at http://a4esl.org/
Interesting Things for ESL/EFL Students at http://www.manythings.org/
Dave's ESL Cafe - ESL Quiz Center at http://www.eslcafe.com/quiz
many more...

Teacher-created exercises

Use these for formative self-evaluation and group assessment

Explain to students how the activity meets specific learning objectives

Hot Potatoes – download from http://www.hotpot.uvic.ca/

Use this to create exercises offline that can be used offline or online. The exercises can stand alone or accompany readings, and they can be timed. This creates exercises, not tests.

Personal Educational Press at http://www.educationalpress.org/index.asp

Make flash cards, bingo games, matching, multiple choice exercises to print out .

Discovery Puzzlemaker at https://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/

Create crosswords, word search, and other puzzles to print out .

Teacher-created tests and quizzes

Formative or summative

Tie the assessment to objectives
Evaluate the evaluation

Easy Test Maker at http://www.easytestmaker.com/default.aspx

Make tests with any combination of multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, matching, short answer and true and false questions. You can also insert instructions and divide your test into multiple sections. This makes tests to print out for free. If you want to publish them online on the Test Maker site, there is a fee.

QuizStar at http://quizstar.4teachers.org