Links on Authentic Assessment and Accountability
Submitted by fairtest on August 29, 2007 - 11:55am
http://www.ceschangelab.org/cs/clpub/view/cl_cat/29
http://www.essentialschools.org/pub/ces_docs/schools/nem/nem_overview.html
Their Assessment for the Future (ASF) Project http://www.assessment-reform-group.org.uk/ASF.html is studying alternatives to testing and particularly the role that assessment by teachers can play in summative assessments.
Founded from a partnership of the Coalition of Essential Schools, Education Development Center, Inc., Project Zero, and the Yale Child Study Center School Development Program, the ATLAS school design includes innovative approaches to curriculum and instruction, school organization, and relationships between the schools and their communities. ATLAS Communities use "tools for implementation" based on the work of their partner organizations, to guide the redesigning of their schools. Check out their "Tool Box" for assests mapping and protocols for looking at student work. They also post some great stories and articles under the section of "Impact and Accountabilty."
The ERIC¨Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation seeks to provide 1) balanced information concerning educational assessment and 2) resources to encourage responsible test use. A huge clearing house of information and resources, research, test construction and results, etc.
More than 1000 four-year colleges and universities do not use the SAT or ACT to admit substantial numbers of bachelor-degree applicants.