Educational assessment and E Guide - Resources and Review

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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
Coordinating office for a number of grant funded programs devoted to research and program development in second language teaching, learning and assessment.
 
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.
 
Netquest is a project building upon the TML language to create searchable question banks for online delivery of tutorials and assessment. TML is an interchange format designed to separate the semantic content of a question from its screen layout or formatting.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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