Starting points: Twenty questions about authentic assessment concepts-with answers -- Reflecting about assessment via literature references -- Some assessment terms defined -- Twenty-six strategies: A to Z: A is for audience participation reports -- B is for brochures -- C is for create a country or a culture -- D is for data disk -- E is for excellence through choral reading -- F is for firsthand investigation projects -- G is for great cartoons that teach and tell -- H is for hands-on report card experience -- I is for interesting tableau representations -- J is for Japanese storytelling and reporting tool -- K is for keeping a sketch journal -- L is for leading a group discussion -- M is for making commemorative stamps tell a story -- N is for number one interdisciplinary display -- O is for organizing a problem-solving party -- P is for photographic field trip -- Q is for quilt style formats -- R is for research prediction projects -- S is for story map -- T is for time capsule -- U is for unique surveys, questionaires, and opinion polls -- V is for virtual field trip -- W is for wall charts -- X is for eXciting eXamples of an almanac -- Y is for yellow pages of critiques -- Z is for zesty testy challenge boxes -- Potpourri of ideas and activities: Twenty-five more ways for students to share information -- Ten special ways to measure what students know or don't know -- Study tips for students that lead to better learning -- Using Bloom's taxonomy as a tool for research-based tasks -- Using William's taxonomy as a tool for research-based tasks -- Using multiple intelligences as a tool for research-based tasks -- Many and varied ideas for students to consider when deciding what to do -- Locating information from common and not so common sources -- Research checklist for student use -- Planning outline for a product or performance -- Types and descriptions of possible performance tasks -- Types of product formats -- Criteria and questions to consider when designing student rubrics -- Sample rubric for product assessment- continuum format -- Sample rubric for performance assessment- rating scale format -- Sample rubric for portfolio assessment- checklist format -- Few more words about testing to think about -- Old paradigm vs. new paradigm for assessment -- How to evaluate web resources.
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