Kansas State
Kansas State Department of Education: Career Standards and Assessments
The standards and assessments for the state of Kansas are detailed here for all disciplines. Sample test items are included for some areas.
Incredible Art Department
The Incredible Art Department: Assessments
A discussion of why we have assessments, the types of assessments, and what they measure.
TES Global
Tes: Assessing Pupil Progress in English: Writing
[Free Registration/Login Required] This PowerPoint provides exemplar pieces to guide students to understand how to revise a standardized, on-demand writing assessment piece.
Edutopia
Edutopia: Urban Academy: Where Testing Is Anything but Standard
Project-based assessments that give an indication of students' skills and competencies are a central part of this profiled school.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Assessing Sequencing Numbers
This lesson assesses rather young scholars can correctly order numbers. The teacher will ask the student(s) to put pre-made number cards in order from the smallest number to the biggest number or in the order they would say them if they...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Assessing Theme
This is an introductory lesson on the concept of theme. Students choose two words that sum up the theme of the novel "So B. It" by Sarah Weeks. They then analyze a passage to find evidence of their choices and create a theme map. They...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 8.sp Us Airports, Assessment Variation
The scatter plot below shows the relationship between the number of airports in a state and the population of that state according to the 2010 Census. Each dot represents a single state. Students will explore the relationship between the...
Other
Gapminder: Dollar Street
In this collection of 30,000 photos from 46 countries, students will be assess "how people really live" around the world. Students can compare bathrooms, toys, and more. Students will explore different cultures, economics, geography,...
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Just a Phase: Water as a Solid, Liquid, and Gas
This site helps students construct a model of the arrangement of water molecules when present as solid, liquid or gas. Includes background information, lesson plans, links to standards and assessment ideas.
Intel Corporation
Intel Innovation in Education: Teachers Engage
Learn to integrate technology by designing and assessing effective projects with the help of the Intel Corporation. Intel's website offers free professional development globally to all teachers from K-12 to Higher Education. Their online...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Converting Fractions of a Unit Into a Smaller Unit
Note that in each of these problems we are given a set of a specified size and a specified number of subsets into which it is to be divided. The questions ask the student to find out the size of each of the subsets. Students are not...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Jog a Thon
The purpose of this task is to present students with a situation where it is natural to add fraction with unlike denominators; it can be used for either assessment or instructional purposes. Aligns with 5.NF.A.1.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 7.sp Election Poll, Variation 1
Members of the seventh grade math group have nominated a member of their group to be class president. Every student in seventh grade will cast a vote. There are 2 candidates in the race and a candidate needs at least 50% of the votes to...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Building a Matrix for Leo Lionni Books an Author Study
Contains plans for five 50-minute lessons about four books by Leo Lionni. In addition to student objectives and standards, these instructional plans contains links to PDF handouts and links to resources used in the lessons as well as...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Voting! What?s It All About?
Contains plans for an eight-lesson cross-curricular unit that uses the history of voting to teach reading and research skills. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Id, Ego, and Superego in Dr. Seuss's "The Cat in the Hat"
Contains plans for seven lessons that use Dr. Seuss's "The Cat in the Hat" to teach the literary elements of plot, theme, and character to high school students. It also teaches about psychoanalytic criticism concepts such as the Id, Ego,...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Choosing One Word Summarizing Shel Silverstein?s ?Sick?
Contains plans for two 50-minute lessons that ask students to identify the most important word in a piece of writing. Shel Silverstein?s poem ?Sick? is used as an example. In addition to student objectives and standards, this...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: The Day Jimmy's Boa Taught Cause and Effect
Contains plans for five lessons that teach about cause and effect relationships using Trinka Hakes Noble's books about Jimmy and his boa constrictor. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Dr. Seuss's Sound Words Playing With Phonics and Spelling
Contains plans for three lessons that teach about sound and letters using Dr. Seuss's "Mr. Brown Can MOO! Can You?" In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Examining "Island of the Blue Dolphins"
Contains plans for a twelve lesson unit on Scott O'Dell's "Island of the Blue Dolphins." In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to PDF handouts and sites used in the lessons as well as assessment...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Comics in the Classroom: Introduction to Narrative Structure
Contains plans for four lessons that teach students about narrative plot structures by using "The Three Little Pigs" fairy tale or a similar story. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Visualizing Using the Sketch to Stretch Strategy
Contains plans for three lessons to improve reading comprehension using a visualizing strategy called sketch-to-stretch. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Demonstrating Comprehension Through Journal Writing
Contains plans for lessons that ask students to write journal entries about texts they have read by responding to open-ended questions. The book "Mr. Popper's Penguins" by Richard Atwater is used as an example. In addition to objectives...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Color Poems: Using the Five Senses to Guide Prewriting
Contains plans for four 50-minute lessons that ask students to use their five senses for poetry prewriting. In addition to student objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to PDF handouts and sites used in the...