Top 21 tech tools for formative assessment; I've heard of most of these, but this might be nice to share with others who are just starting out in this area.
I've been working on authentic assessments in my iObservation class, and I have come across the idea of "Performance Checklists" as an alternative to rubrics. This is a checklist creator.
Here's a science lab example already created: http://pals.sri.com/pals/tasks/5-8/Blue/rubric.html