Resource Bank

This article describes how assessment systems can use a combination of science outcomes in a variety of approaches to science assessment.

This paper provides an overview of how effective state assessment systems can be created.

Useful checklist identifies criteria that should be considered when developing or selecting assessments for the district system

This document illustrates some of the most important criteria that student assessments selected for use in Michigan need to address.

This paper describes the criteria for judging the qualities of student assessment.

This Learning Point describes two ways in which scores from educational tests can be reported: criterion-referenced (compares a student's raw score to a predetermined standard) or norm-referenced (compares a student's scores to those of other test-takers).

The District Assessment Design Toolkit is a resource developed for local districts by the Center for Assessment. (Senior Associate, Joseph Martineau.) MAC has piloted the toolkit to support facilitation of use. Scroll down to DASD Toolkit on the NCEIA.org Resources page to access the toolkit

This resource provides a table of the K-12 NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas.

Tool guides weighing and ranking options based on criteria related to assessment purpose to aide in selection of assessments.

This piece provides a practitioner’s experiences as he recounts where a testing culture can interfere with a learning culture.