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Of late, in the wake of No Child Left Behind and its successor legislation, "assessment" has become something of a vilified construct. Students, teachers and the public as a whole have become weary of testing run amok. But it is critically important to be able to see whether one's students are actually learning what we set out to help them learn. And it is critically important to be able to provide timely and useful feedback to students about where they are succeeding and where they still have work to do.

Assessment types

• Suggestions for quizzes, tests, and exams to effectively motivate, measure, and reinforce learning (Barbara Gross Davis)
• Overview of formative and summative evaluations of teaching

Formative Assessment

• Introduction to Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATS) by Angelo and Cross; 50 CATS to assess course- related knowledge and skills [pdf] 

Rubrics

• Types and purposes of rubrics [pdf] from Penn State
• Rubric samples on a variety of college subjects collected from different universities
• Rubrics for web 2.0 and other media related subjects from Wisconsin-Stout
• Rubric library from Fresno State
• Student learning outcomes and assessment - rubrics from CSU
• An ELIXR case story on Assessment Rubrics for different disciplines  authored by UC Denver's Center for Faculty Development

Resources and Tools

• Links to examples of scoring rubrics from CSU
• Tools to create rubric: 
  • RubricStar
  • Rubric Maker
  • Rubric Builder
• Tool to detect and prevent plagiarism: Products from Turnitin