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Offering a description of a range of techniques for science assessment, the site also contains links to further information.
http://www.miamisci.org/ph/lpdefine.html

Academic paper, discusses issues such as adaptive testing, figural response testing, computer simulations and anchored assessment.
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COMPUTER BASED SCIENCE ASSESSMENT and Students With Learning Disabilities  Locate it on the contents at: www.rit.edu/~easi/itd/itdv01.htm...
http://www.rit.edu/~easi/itd/itdv01n4/article7.html

Saskatchewan Department of Education provides background information on the necessity for, and value of, assessment in science. Also provides examples for authentic assessment.
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Middle Level Science: Assessment and Evaluation  Much research in education around the world is currently focusing on assessment and evaluation. It has become clear, as more and more research findings accumulate, that a broader range of...
http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/midlsci/asevmsc.html

Brief document which discusses issues in science assessment.
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Assigning Value: Science Assessment  The dictionary defines assessment as a process of assigning value to property. As educators, we not only assign value to student work, we decide what work is valuable. How we...
http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/curr/science/resource/Barb98.htm

Short discussion on issues in science assessment, based on CELA's project on Mathematics and Science Literacy.
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Bringing the Science Assessment Standards into the Classroom  Literacy and is prepared for the Teacher Materials Project of Horizon Research, Inc. Here’s a pop quiz. No fair looking at your neighbor’s answer… 1. What is the purpose of...
http://cela.albany.edu/publication/article/science.htm

Presented by the Alaska Department of Education, the site provides descriptions, diagrams and links.
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A Collection of Assessment Strategies, Assessment in Math/Sci 2 of 3  Each portion of this section describes and analyzes a particular type of assessment strategy, then lists sources of further information. Following those discussions, samples show how each type of strategy...
http://www.educ.state.ak.us/tls/frameworks/mathsci/MS5_2AS1.HTM

Model for the evaluation of theses from 4 quality axes: theoretical, logical, semantical and methodological.
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Cruising in Costa Rica index page  Rica hay diversos grupos de moteros, la mayoría en las categorías de CRUISERS y TOURERS, llamados M-14, COYOTES, ACOMORE GITANOS Yo no se el número exacto de moteros aqu pero...
http://www.geocities.com/rroque51/index.html

Requiring free registration, the site provides an on-line, standards-based, resource bank of science performance assessment tasks indexed via the National Science Education Standards (NSES) and various other standards frameworks.
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Welcome to PALS  Take the guided tour to become familiar with PALS. About the tasks The tasks, collected from numerous sources, include student directions and response forms, administration procedures, scoring rubrics, examples of...
http://pals.sri.com/

Review of book is provided, explains the target audience, pricing and availability.
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WestEd Assessment in Science Education: The Middle Years  This book is one in the series of widely heralded reports from the National Center for Improving Science Education (NCISE) on pressing issues in the field of science education. These...
http://www.wested.org/cs/wew/view/rs/73

Sample tasks are provided for authentic assessment, along with rationale, teachers notes and equipment lists.
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Performance Assessment  What is authentic assessment? Samples: Water Quality Designing a Classification System A B Not In My Backyard Teacher Notes Background Information and Requisite Abilities Not In My Backyard Scoring Form...
http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/curr/science/Perform/PAST5.htm

Resources to help educators and their students prepare to be assessed.
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Scholastic Assessment  More and more teachers are becoming accountable for teaching to standards. We've put together resources to help educators and their students prepare for that time of the year again Professional...
http://teacher.scholastic.com/pr...fessional/assessment/indexbk.htm