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Educational assessment

      Titles Descriptions
  1. CARLA: Centre for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition
  2. CASTLE Project: Computer Assisted Teaching and Learning
  3. Computer Adaptive Testing Project
  4. DeLiberations on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
  5. Education Statistics Quarterly
  6. ETS Net: Educational Testing Service Network
  7. Evil House of Cheat
  8. JISC Plagiarism Advisory Service
  9. OFSTED: Office for Standards in Education
  10. Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education
  11. Teacher Quality: A Report on Teacher Preparation and Qualifications of Public School Teachers

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CARLA: Centre for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition
Coordinating office for a number of grant funded programs devoted to research and program development in second language teaching, learning and assessment.
     Author: University of Minnesota
     Subjects: educational assessment, language learning
     DeweyClass: 401.93
     Resource type: documents
CASTLE Project: Computer Assisted Teaching and Learning
Project which has developed software for tutors and course managers to create online multimedia interactive assessment tools quickly and easily without any prior knowledge of HTML, CGI or similar scripting languages.
     Author: Leicester University
     Subjects: educational assessment, higher education teaching and learning
     DeweyClass: 371.3
     Resource type: software
Computer Adaptive Testing Project
Research project funded by the US Department of Education's International Studies and Research Program whose goal is to develop a cost-effective, accurate, and flexible means to assess students' reading proficiency and diagnostic tests in French, German, and Spanish using a computer adaptive approach.
     Author: University of Minnesota
     Subjects: educational assessment, language learning, literacy
     DeweyClass: 407
     Resource type: documents
DeLiberations on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
A magazine for academics, librarians, and educational developers. Includes sections on effective learning, resource based learning, lecturing, and assesment. DeLiberations has been funded under the Electronic Libraries Programme.
     Author: London Guildhall University
     Subjects: educational assessment, higher education teaching and learning
     DeweyClass: 378
     Resource type: journal
Education Statistics Quarterly
Journal disseminating survey data, educational research findings, and information about all NCES products. Articles deal with early childhood education, elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education, with statistics and information reflecting the general standard of education in the US.
     Author: National Center for Education Statistics
     Subjects: educational assessment, united states education
     DeweyClass: 370
     Resource type: journal
ETS Net: Educational Testing Service Network
A gateway to definitive information about US college and graduate school admissions and placement tests. It provides sample test questions, test preparation, and test registration.
     Author: Educational Testing Service
     Subjects: educational assessment, higher education students
     DeweyClass: 378.73
     Resource type: documents
Evil House of Cheat
Collection of over 9500 essays, papers and reports in over 40 categories for school, college, and university students. Descriptions include title and summary, length and grade, author information and grader's comments. Basic searches are free, full database access requires subscription.
     Author: Schriver, Jens, Cybersoft
     Subjects: educational assessment, essay writing
     DeweyClass: 378.1
     Resource type: essay collection
JISC Plagiarism Advisory Service
The Plagiarism Advisory Service, funded by the JISC, is based in the Information Management Research Institute at Northumbria University. It aims to raise awareness of plagiarism in the academic community by providing generic advice for institutions, academic staff, and students, offering educational tools for students, a portal to external online resources on the issue of plagiarism, and guidance on related copyright and data protection issues. It also provides links to the electronic detection service and training on its use. All reports are available in Microsoft Word and PDF.
     Author: Northumbria University
     Subjects: copyright, educational assessment, educational research
     DeweyClass: 808
     Resource type: documents, reference book, service
OFSTED: Office for Standards in Education
OFSTED is a non-ministerial government department, whose remit is to improve standards of achievement and quality of education through regular independent inspection, public reporting and informed independent advice. The full text of annual, school and nursery inspection reports are available online.
     Author: OFSTED
     Subjects: educational assessment, educational policy
     DeweyClass: 379
     Resource type: institution
Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education
Established in 1997, the Agency aims to promote public confidence that quality of provision and standards of awards in higher education are being maintained and enhanced. Their main work exists in the areas of quality and standards in HE universities and colleges, and teaching and learning at subject level. The report findings are made available and include studies into benchmarking, codes of practice, guidance on making judgements in subject review, and annual reports and financial summaries.
     Author: Quality Assurance Agency
     Subjects: educational assessment
     DeweyClass: 379
     Resource type: documents
Teacher Quality: A Report on Teacher Preparation and Qualifications of Public School Teachers
Article about teacher quality in the US, with information on teachers' education, certification, teaching assignments, professional development, collaboration, and supportive work environment. In addition, comparisons by instructional level and poverty level of the school provide information about the distribution of teacher quality.
     Author: National Center For Education Statistics
     Subjects: educational assessment, school teaching
     DeweyClass: 371.1
     Resource type: article