Links of Interest
Assessment Principles, Practices and Resources
Principles for Fair Student Assessment Practices for Education in Canada
University of Alberta - Center for Research in Applied Measurement and Evaluation (CRAME)
The Principles for Fair Student Assessment Practices for Education in Canada contains a set of principles and related guidelines generally accepted by professional organizations as indicative of fair assessment practice within the Canadian educational context. Assessments depend on professional judgment; the principles and related guidelines presented in this document identify the issues to consider in exercising this professional judgment and in striving for the fair and equitable assessment of all students.
Grade Level of Achievement Reporting: Teacher and Administrator Handbook (updated 2009)
An Alberta Education publication
“The most crucial part of communicating student learning is to ensure a shared understanding between the current teacher, the student, parent, and the future teacher receiving the information. …While the communication process involves all the key players, the greater role students are given in this process, the richer the information that is shared and the greater the impact on future learning (see for example, Stiggins, 2001).”
The Four Foundations of Assessment
The Edmonton Public School, Alberta Initiative for School Improvement (AISI) Project Leadership Team, believing that all assessment is in the service of student learning, articulated four foundations of assessment in 2008.
Two Visions of Educational Accountability (2004)
Composed by Robert B. Hogg, Executive Director, AAC (1999-2009), this article advocates sound assessment practices in a balanced assessment program and an effective accountability system. Assessment practices that enhance student learning are essential for this program and system to be efficacious.
iEARN- International Education and Resource Network
A non-profit global network that enables young people to use the internet and other new technologies to engage in collaborative educational projects that both enhance learning and make a difference in the world.