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Ainsworth, Larry. "Powerful Practices to Raise Student Achievement"
Presentation at the California ASCD Conference on October 20, 2000. http://www.cascd.org/presentations.shtml
Alverno College Faculty. (Third Edition, 1994). Student Assessment-as-Learning at Alverno College.

Annenberg Institute for School Reform: Rethinking Accountability
Rethinking Accountability: "Developing and promoting evaluation and assessment practices that can guide continuous improvement in schools and classrooms."
The Web Picks tab provides an annotated listing and description of organizations and networks that work with schools and have particular expertise in the use of accountability tools. http://www.annenberginstitute.org/work/accountability.html
Consortium on Chicago School Research
An "independent organization that conducts research activities designed to advance school improvement in Chicago's public schools and to assess the progress of school reform." http://www.consortium-chicago.org
CRESST
"Funded by the U.S. Department of Education and the Office of Educational Research and Improvement, the National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST) conducts research on important topics related to K-12 educational testing."Includes links to CRESST reports, assessments and rubrics. http://www.cse.ucla.edu
Darling-Hammond & Falk (Kappan, 1997). Using Standards and Assessments to Support Student Learning.

Douglas County School District 
Go to this section of the Douglas County Colorado School District web site and you can download standards and checkpoints for all content areas, as well as cross-content standards.http://www.dcsd.k12.co.us/district/instruction/standards.title.standards.page.html

Douglas E. Harris and Judy F. Carr. (1996). How to Use Standards in the Classroom. Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation
Provides balanced information concerning educational assessment, evaluation and research methodology. Also provides suggestions for how to use assessment data to design instruction. Links to other sites dealing with assessment and rubric design. http://ericae.net
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse
K-12 math and science teachers share strategies for assessing their student's work and their teaching
http://www.enc.org/topics/assessment/classroom
Looking at Student Work
Funded by the Annenberg Institute for School Reform, this site provides guiding questions and protocols to examine student work collaboratively for the purpose of improving instruction. http://www.lasw.org
National Center on Education and the Economy
Source of New Standards™ Student Performance Standards used in SEWAC I Session 2. hhttp://www.ncee.org
NWREL's Assessment Program
NorthWestern Regional Education Lab's assessment resources, including assessing 6+1 writing traits, 6 traits of reading, oral communication and links to alternative assessment bibliographies. The real find is Toolkit 98: A collection of professional development activities designed to assist classroom teachers in becoming better assessors of student learning. http://www.nwrel.org/assessment