Student Assessment
Student assessment techniques can help you determine how your students learn and which of your teaching methods are most effective. Use the Student Assessment Web Guide to find successful assessment resources online.
Expand All Guide SectionsStudent Assessment Basics
Classroom assessment is more than just assigning grades to students. Get up to speed with student assessment basics and discover how you can improve the learning environment in your classroom.
Top Sites for Student Assessment Basics
Field-tested Learning Assessment Guide
provides an overview of assessment, including what it is and how to do it.
The National Teaching & Learning Forum
defines classroom assessment and offers several classroom assessment techniques.
Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence
at Penn State offers a PDF document that introduces classroom assessment. Though written for teachers at the college level, the advice is helpful for teachers at all levels.
Developing Student Assessment Techniques
Creating a systematic approach is the first step to developing student assessment techniques. Use the Web sites below to get started.
Insights for Developing Student Assessment Techniques
- Being familiar with the educational standards in your state can help you create effective performance assessments for different subject areas.
Top Sites for Developing Student Assessment Techniques
Center for Instructional Development and Research
outlines a framework that can help you collect student feedback in addition to classroom assessment techniques.
University of Wisconsin-Stout
has rubrics for elementary students and middle school/high school students that can be used as a tool to measure students’ proficiency in specific areas of learning.
Discovery Education
provides a compilation of assessment rubrics and visual organizers from around the Web that can help assess students’ progress and aptitudes in different subject areas.
Learning Objectives Assessment
Discover how to write a meaningful plan of action for your students to achieve. Learning objectives assessment is easy with the help of the Web.
Top Sites for Learning Objectives Assessment
California Polytechnic State University
(Cal Poly) has an in-depth learning outcomes assessment plan designed for college classrooms that can be scaled to fit elementary, middle and high school classrooms.
Education Development Center, Inc.
has links to middle school and high school assessments to gauge the learning progress of students.
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