Links of Interest

Assessment

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Visit course Space directly
http://coursespace.suny.edu/cs/osw/mburrell/030435.nsf 		Visit Teaching Diverse learners at http://www.lab.brown.edu/tdl/
New York State Assessments
http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/assess.html 		How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School
 John D. Bransford, Ann L. Brown, and Rodney R. Cocking, editors
http://books.nap.edu/html/howpeople1/ch7.html
Alfie Kohn on Standardized Tests
Kohn has a radical way of looking at assessment. Take a look a his perspective. 
National Commission on Excellence in Education (1983). 
A Nation At Risk - [Online] http://www.ed.gov/pubs/NatAtRisk/risk.html
Read about the evil Twin
Thompson, Scott (2001) The Authentic Standards Movement and Its Evil Twin.  
Kappan [Online]
 http://www.pdkintl.org/kappan/ktho0101.htm
National Education Goals Panel (1994) Goals 2000: Educate
America Act [Online] http://www.ed.gov/legislation/GOALS2000/TheAct
U.S. Department of Education (2001) 
No Child Left Behind [Online]
http://www.ed.gov/inits/nclb/part2.html

Take a look at a presentation about English as a Second Language (ESL) and assessment.  This presentation is by Paul Gugel.  It provides excellent background for working with ESL student in your classroom. 

INTASC Standards 		Failing the Test of Fairness: Institutional Racism and the SAT
August 13, 2002--Article for class
New York State Report Card

Survival Guide for New Teachers

So you want to be a Teacher? (Short version)

Penfield Library Research Tutorial
http://www.oswego.edu/library/eric_tut/index.html 		Create your own PDF documents--Free http://www.gobcl.com
Rubrics help
http://rubistar.4teachers.org 		Teacher Certification
http://www.highered.nysed.gov/tcert
Practical Strategies to Increase Active Learning

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Articles for Discussion in Assessment
Kohn, A. (2000). Standardized testing and its victims. Education Week [Online]. Available: http://www.edweek.org/ew/ewstory.cfm?slug=04kohn.h20
Cookson, P.W. (2003, January). Standardization and its unseen ironies. Education Week [Online]. Available: http://www.edweek.org/ew/ewstory.cfm?slug=19cookson.h22&keywords=Standardized%20testing

Patten, P. (2000, January/February). Standardized testing in schools. Parent News. [On-line]. Available: http://www.npin.org/pnews/2000/pnew100/feat100.html

Perrone, V. (1991). On Standardized Testing. ERIC. [On-line].
Available: http://ericeece.org/pubs/digests/1991/perron91.html

Ensuring Equity with Alternative Assessments
Available: http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/methods/assment/as800.htm
Rethinking Assessment and Its Role in Supporting Educational Reform
Available: http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/methods/assment/as700.htm
Integrating Assessment and Instruction in Ways That Support Learning
Available: http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/methods/assment/as500.htm
Reporting Assessment Results
Available: http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/methods/assment/as600.htm
No Child Left Behind
Available: http://www.edweek.net/context/topics/issuespage.cfm?id=59
Federal Influence Over Curriculum Exhibits Growth
Available: http://www.edweek.net/ew/ewstory.cfm?slug=21curric.h22
Ed. Dept. OKs First Accountability Plans
Available: http://www.edweek.net/ew/ewstory.cfm?slug=18esea.h22

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