Resource List: Assessment in PBL

This resource list will help teachers enhance their skill in assessment in PBL. Have your own assessment resources? Post them in the comments below!

Assessing Student Understanding Resources:

• Authentic Assessment Toolbox (Jon Mueller)
• Critical Assessment Ideas (Edutopia article)
• Criteria for Effective Assessment in PBL (Edutopia article)
• Practical PBL: The Ongoing Challenges of Assessment (Edutopia article)
• The Challenge of Authentic Assessment (Edutopia article)
• Studies in Success: A Survey of Assessment Research (Edutopia article)
• Authentic Assessment: What You Can Do in 5 minutes, 5 days, 5 months, 5 years . . . (Edutopia article)
• Good Instruction Activates Prior Knowledge and Uses Authentic Assessment (Edutopia)
• Comprehensive Assessment (Edutopia resources)
• Free Resources and Tools for "Authentic" Assessment (Edutopia resources)
• Project Assessment at Newsome Park Elementary School (Edutopia resources --6:50 mins)
• Authentic Assessment for Algebra at School of the Future (Edutopia resources --3:52 mins)
• A School-wide Performance Assessment System
• Students and Audience in Project Assessment (PBLWorks blog post)
• The Gender Project: Plan the Assessment (PBLWorks resources --3:52 mins)
• Watershed Project: Plan the Assessment (PBLWorks resources --3:04 mins)
• 21st Century Skills Assessment (PBLWorks resources --6:07 mins)
• Assessing Creativity and Innovation in PBL (PBLWorks resources --28:50)
• School District Uses PBL Over Testing (PBLWorks resources --8:04)
• Project Assessment Map (PBLWorks resources)

Rubrics:

• Mathematics Problem Solving Scoring Guide (Education Northwest)
• Tame the Beast: Tips for Designing and Using Rubrics (Edutopia article)
• Assessment Rubrics (BIE resources)