Technology Assessment and Evaluation Resources
An annotated collection of free online tools that allow you to measure a broad range of goals and objectives for students, teachers, administrators, and education systems.
Items 11 and 12 are new resources to help you choose evidenced-based programs that meet No Child Left Behind expectation of quality and effectiveness.
1. Scoring Guides & Rubrics - A site providing both conceptual and applied information on how to develop rubrics to score student work. http://www.ncrtec.org/tl/sgsp/index.html
2. Rubistar - Very handy online tool (template) to make rubrics from scratch or revise existing rubrics. http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.shtml
3. Indicators of Engaged Learning - A unique online tool to assess teacher use of instructional strategies that support student engagement. http://www.ncrtec.org/capacity/profile/profwww.htm
4. ISTE/CEO Forum STaR Chart - Modest online or paper tool to help assess building or district-provided access and support for technology. http://www.iste.org/starchart/
5. enGauge - Comprehensive process to gauge district capacity to move toward school improvement using technology. http://www.ncrel.org/engauge/assess/assess.htm
6. 6+1 Writing Traits - Well-known analytical scoring guide to assess writing skills. PDF http://www.nwrel.org/assessment/scoring.php
7. enGauge - A thoughtful, comparative review of several popular assessment instruments. http://www.ncrel.org/engauge/intro/compare/compare.htm
8. TAGLIT - Online method to quickly assess student/teacher technology literacy. http://www.taglit.org/
9. Utah Technology Awareness Project (UTAP) - Extensive online tool to assess teacher technology literacy. http://www.uen.org/cgi-bin/websql/utahlink/UTAPdomains.hts
10. ProfilerPro - Frequently used online tool (template) to assess staff and student technology literacy, but is customizeable, allowing up to 40 items to be created and results charted. http://profiler.hprtec.org/
11. CARET - The Center for Applied Research in Educational Technology (CARET) at the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) provides summaries and analyses of over 800 articles and research reports on uses of educational technology and their impact on learning. http://caret.iste.org/
12. What Works Clearinghouse - A source for technology interventions that work to improve student academic achievement, based on NCLB scientifically-based research principals. http://www.whatworks.ed.gov/