Assessment Tasks are authentic and rigorous activities that relate to the instructional outcomes and allow students to demonstrate what they know and can do. These may include oral and written responses, problem solving, journals, and exhibitions. They determine how well students are learning, as well as how well they have attained the content expectations. Assessment tasks need to be integrated throughout the curriculum to provide on-going and comprehensive information about each student’s learning.
Below are several links to websites with assessment tasks that are available for educator and public use. These sites also include support materials related to the tasks that explain what the tasks are measuring. Student familiarity with an extensive array of assessment tasks can build confidence in his/her ability to demonstrate knowledge in a variety of ways.
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
— http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/
The NAEP Questions Tool provides easy access to NAEP questions, student responses, and scoring guides that are released to the public. Both national and state data, where appropriate, are presented.
Balanced Assessment
— https://www.eride.ri.gov/teacherresources/
Teacher Resource Portal
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)
— http://nces.ed.gov/timss/
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) provides reliable and timely data on the mathematics and science achievement of U.S. students compared to that of students in other countries. TIMSS data has been collected in 1995, 1999, and 2003.
Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)
— http://www.pisa.oecd.org/pages/0,2987,en_32252351_32235731_1_1_1_1_1,00.html
PISA, a three-yearly survey (2000, 2003, 2006...) of 15-year-olds in the principal industrialised countries, assesses how far students near the end of compulsory education have acquired some of the knowledge and skills that are essential for full participation in society.
NECAP Support Materials
— www.necompact.org/ea/gle_support/gle_intro.asp
The goal of this site is to provide teachers in New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont with support materials for using grade level expectations (GLEs)* in the classroom.
NECAP 2006 Released Items
— http://reporting.measuredprogress.org/NECAPpublicNH/relitem.aspx
This site features the released items from the 2006 NECAP assessment in reading, writing, and mathematics. Documents are available for download in PDF format and are organized by grade and content. Support materials for each grade level and content are also available.
NECAP 2005 Released Items
— http://www.necompact.org/ea/gle_support/NECAP_2005.asp
This site features the released items from the 2005 NECAP assessment in reading, writing, and mathematics. Documents are available for download in PDF format and are organized by grade and content. Support materials for each grade level and content are also available.