1. Evaluation and Assessments!!

2. •I am not a teacher
•I am an editor at a scientific journal who writes summary
reports on Education research

3. •Brainstorm what would make a “perfect” assessment
•I will present four different kinds of existing assessments
•People who have actually administered assessments can
share their thoughts/experiences

4. Automated Assessment of Student Writing

5. (TOSLS) Test of Scientific Literacy Skills

6. URSSA: Undergraduate Research Student Self-Assessment

7. CURE: The Classroom Undergraduate Research Experience

8. Developing Assessments for the Next Generation Science Standards
http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=18409
Assessment Instrument Information Page
http://www.ncsu.edu/per/TestInfo.html
New England Common Assessment Program (NECAP)
http://education.nh.gov/instruction/assessment/necap/
Project 2016 (AAAS)
http://assessment.aaas.org/
Misconceptions-Oriented, Standards-based Assessment Resources for Teachers (MOSART)
https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/smgphp/mosart/aboutmosart_2.html
Lawson's Classroom Test of Scientific Reasoning (LAWSON)
http://www2.ph.ed.ac.uk/AardvarkDeployments/Public/60100/views/files/ConceptualTests/Deployments/Co
nceptualTests/inner.node/__Contents/Attitudes/LAWSON/web.html
Molecular Biology Capstone Assessment
http://www.colorado.edu/sei/documents/EOY2011/Are%20majors%20achieving%20our%20key%20goals%
20Involving%20faculty%20and%20students%20in%20the%20creation%20of%20a%20cumulative%20asse
ssment.pdf
Introductory Biology Concept Assessment
http://www.lifescied.org/content/9/4/453.abstract
Genetics Concept Assessment
http://www.lifescied.org/content/7/4/422.abstract