Alan Haskvitz has assembled a list of sites to help prepare students for testing. Many also explain what standards-based assessments are like.
Arizona Academic Standards
By grade level, a good place to look for the standards-based assessments already done. All you need to do is modify them for your state standards.
Assessment Resources from NEGYSTC
Sample test questions
Designing a Sustainable Standards-based Assessment System
This article describes organizational elements and addresses how these elements influence the design of a sustainable standards-based assessment system.
Glossary of Useful Assessment Terms
A Guide to Standards-based Assessment
A printable from the NCLB period, but well worth reading
Literature Circles
Making the Switch -- Getting Started with Standards-based Assessment
A short article and table
National Center on Student Progress Monitoring (NCSPM) Web Resources
Locate articles and PowerPoints on student progress monitoring, curriculum-based measurement, applying decision making to IEPs and other researched-based topics.
OSEP Ideas That Work
Government site includes assessment for students with disabilities.
Rubrics
Try all types of sites to help you build them and models.
Special Education -- Grade K-12 Resources
Excellent site with a huge array of ideas, including standards-based assessment
Standards-based Assessment
An overview of various assessments, including standards-based assessments -- this must-read site lists both pros and cons of each type of assessment.
Standards-based Assessment: A model
Standards-based Classroom Assessment
Check out this Q and A.
Standards-Based Instruction
A guide to creating a lesson
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