Additional Tasks Resources:

Baker, E. L., Aschbacher, P. R., Niemi, D., Yamaguchi, E., & Ni, Y. (1991). Cognitively sensitive assessments of student writing in content areas. Los Angeles: University of California, Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards and Student Testing (CRESST).

Baker, E. L., Aschbacher, R. R., Niemi, D., & Sato, E. (1992). CRESST Performance assessment models: Assessing content area explanations. Los Angeles, CA: University of California, Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards and Student Testing (CRESST).

Baron, J. B. (1991). Strategies for the development of effective performance exercises. Applied Measurement in Education, 4(4), 305-18.

Baxter, G. P., & Glaser, R. (1997). An approach to analyzing the cognitive complexity of science performance assessments. (CSE Tech. Rep. No. 452). Los Angeles: University of California, Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards and Student Testing (CRESST).

Dunbar, S. B., Koretz, D. M., & Hoover, H. D. (1991). Quality control in the development and use of performance assessments. Applied Measurement in Education, 4(4), 289-304.

Glaser, R., Raghavan, K., & Baxter, G. P. (1992). Cognitive theory as the basis for design of innovative assessment: Design characteristics of science assessments. (CSE Tech. Rep. No. 349). Los Angeles: University of California, Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards and Student Testing (CRESST).

Herman, J. L., Aschbacher, P. R., & Winters, L. (1992). Selecting assessment tasks. A practical guide to alternative assessment (pp. 33-43). Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.

Hunkins, F. P. (1995). Teaching thinking through effective questioning. Norwood, MA: Christopher-Gordon.

Illinois State Board of Education. (1995). Performance assessment in mathematics: Approaches to open-ended problems. Springfield, IL: Illinois State Board of Education.

Kentucky Department of Education. (1997). Creating a context for the task. In Designing an effective performance task for the classroom [On-line]. Available: http://www.kde.state.ky.us/oapd/curric/Publications/PerformanceEvent/TOC.html

Kentucky Department of Education. (1997). Deciding on an audience. In Designing an effective performance task for the classroom [On-line]. Available: http://www.kde.state.ky.us/oapd/curric/Publications/PerformanceEvent/TOC.html

Kentucky Department of Education. (1997). Writing the directions. In Designing an effective performance task for the classroom [On-line]. Available: http://www.kde.state.ky.us/oapd/curric/Publications/PerformanceEvent/TOC.html

Kentucky Department of Education. (1997). Open-response question planning guide. In Open-response questions in the classroom [On-line]. Available: http://www.kde.state.ky.us/oapd/curric/Publications/OpenResponse/Html/cp.html

Kentucky Department of Education. (1997). Planning the question. In Open-response questions in the classroom [On-line]. Available: http://www.kde.state.ky.us/oapd/curric/Publications/OpenResponse/Html/cp.html

Kentucky Department of Education. (1997). Writing the question. In Open-response questions in the classroom [On-line]. Available: http://www.kde.state.ky.us/oapd/curric/Publications/OpenResponse/Html/cp.html

Linn, R. L., Baker, E. L., & Dunbar, S. B. (1991). Complex, performance-based assessment: Expectations and validation criteria. Education Researcher, 20(8), 15-23.

Performance assessment sampler: A workbook. (1993). Princeton, NJ: Educational Testing Service.

Stiggins, R. (1995). Assessing reasoning in the classroom. [Film]. (Available from Assessment Training Institute, 503 W. 2nd Avenue, Suite 300, Portland, OR 97204, http://www.assessmentist.com/products.html)

Stiggins, R. J. (1997). Performance assessment of skill and product outcomes. In K. M. Davis (Ed.) Student-centered classroom assessment (2nd ed., pp. 261-302). Upper Saddle River, NJ and Columbus, OH: Prentice-Hall, Inc.

Stiggins, R. J. (1997). Performance-assessment: An old friend rediscovered. In K. M. Davis (Ed.), Student-centered classroom assessment (2nd ed., pp. 159-204). Upper Saddle River, NJ and Columbus, OH: Prentice-Hall, Inc.

Sugrue, B. (1994). Specifications for the design of problem-solving assessments in science. (CSE Tech. Rep. No. 387). Los Angeles: University of California, Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards and Student Testing (CRESST).

Ward, A. W. (1991). Item banking and item banks. Daytona Beach, FL: Techne Group.

 

See also:

general resources about performance assessments


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