Assessment - Social Studies

Assessment - Social Studies

• Connecticut State Department of Education—Student Assessment News    
• Connecticut State Department of Education Comprehensive Assessment Program Portal – This site provides access to resources for the Smarter Balanced Assessments in Mathematics and English Language Arts/Literacy, CMT/CAPT Science Assessments, and the Alternate Assessment.  
• Smarter Balanced Assessment Rubrics: English Language Arts/Literacy – Smarter Balanced Rubrics to evaluate Brief Writes, Argumentative, Explanatory, Informational, Narrative, and Opinion writing are provided.(Select rubrics/ ELA)  
• Assessment Design in Expeditionary Learning Grades 3-8 ELA Curriculum – This document outlines a step-by-step process for designing effective assessments aligned to the Common Core State Standards. You will need to scroll down once you get to this site in order to select this resource. (commoncoresuccess.elschools.org)
• What If Assessment Was Used to Elevate Learning Rather than to Rank Students? - In this blog from Tchers’ Voice on 1-08-15, Ron Berger the Chief Program Officer for Expeditionary Learning answers this question with examples. 
• Assessments That Deliver Results – In this blog from Tchers’ Voice on 2-26-16, Brian Sztabnik provides tips on developing assessments as learning and for learning, and not just as a measure of learning. 
• Tchrs’ Voice, a Teaching Channel blog - Back-to-School Backpack: Think About Assessment -This blog offers many ways to think about assessment with live links to resources.