Getting What You Ask For: Creating Effective Assessment Tools

t’s tough for students, teachers or administrators to give us what we’d like unless we can describe the end result and measure it’s quality. This session will give an overview of the difference between evaluation and assessment, look at some authentic assessment tools used for a variety of purposes, and give the participant the chance to practice building checklists and rubrics. A bibliography of exemplary assessment sites is included.

Handouts: assessment.pdf

Examining Student Work: Student Newletters.pdf

Examining Student Work: GoogleDoc

Bibliography and resources:

Johnson, CODE 77 Rubrics Beginning, Internet, Advanced (Rubrics for Restructuring), Administrative

Johnson, Freshman Tech Skill Assessment, FreshmanITskills.pdf

Johnson, Getting What You Ask For

Johnson, 13-Point Checklist for School Administrators

Johnson, Demonstrating Our Impact - Putting Numbers in Context Part 1 and Demonstrating Our Impact - Putting Numbers in Context Part 2 (assessing library programs)

Andrade, Heidi. “Using Rubrics to Promote Thinking and Learning.” Educational Leadership, February 2000.

Cohen, FIrst Grade Takes a Test.

Kathy Schrock’s Assessment Page: http://www.schrockguide.net/assessment-and-rubrics.html

Mankato Area Public Schools Elementary Media ELOs and Assessments

Minnesota Educational Media Organization. Standards for Minnesota School Library Programs.

• MN Standards for Effective School Library Media Programs (Intro)
• MN Standards for Effective School Library Media Programs (Elements)
• MN Standards for Effective School Library Media Programs (Checklist)
• MN Standards for Effective School Library Media Programs (Bibliography)

NWREL Assessement Toolkit.<http://www.nwrel.org/assessment/toolkit98.php >

RubiStar rubric generator: http://rubistar.4teachers.org/

Simkins, Michael. “Designing Great Rubrics.” Technology & Learning, August 1999.