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Read this teacher-friendly article for an overview of the rationale for using rubrics and tools and tips for implementing rubrics as an assessment tool in your classroom. You will be able to create and start using rubrics for student assessment within an hour.

My favorite vocabulary assessment involved discussion.  This is one of the reasons it was different but another is that the discussion was one on one -the student and I had a 3-5 minute uninterrupted conversation

Preview New Content and Enhancements for Back-to-School 2011 Enlighten students with thought-provoking new content and improve teaching and learning with product enhancements for students, teachers, and administrators. The Evaluation Tools Educators Need to Inform Instruction and Drive Student Achievement Discovery Education ASSESSMENT offers Common Core formative assessments and interim benchmarks for all 50 states.

Created in 1996 by the nation's governors and corporate leaders, Achieve is an independent, bipartisan, non-profit education reform organization based in Washington, D.C. that helps states raise academic standards and graduation requirements, improve assessments and strengthen accountability. More... To make college and career readiness a priority in the states, Achieve launched the American Diploma Project Network.

Standards based instructional tools and assessments

Read blogs, join discussions and find complimentary education resources at NWEA's online destination for partner collaboration. Common Core Standards align a wide range of K‐12 education content standards into a single, unified platform, but states will implement the standards in a variety of ways. NWEA is helping partners understand and prepare for the transition. MAP Assessment Information

Welcome to Kansas' Education Resource Center The Kansas Education Resource Center contains tools for teachers to use in aligning classroom instruction and assessment to Kansas' academic standards.