Developing Alternative Assessments using the Benchmarks
From Evaluation Toolkit
Written from the perspective of a classroom teacher, this article describes a process for developing alternative assessments, provides examples of alternative assessment tasks and student responses, and illustrates the use of scoring rubrics. The examples use the AAAS Benchmarks for Science Literacy and the National Science Education Standards to identify learning goals. This resource is intended for use in the classroom by K-12 teachers.
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DLESE Catalog ID: EVAL-TLKT-000-000-070
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Author: Mr Daniel P. Shepardson
School of Education Department of Curriculum and Instruction