Below you are going to see my webquest.  This assignment was extremely user-friendly to participate in, and I could see as a teacher, how it would take minimal preparation to get up and running for students.  

I think that if I were to do a webquest with students, an example of what one looks like, may be really helpful. I wasn't quite sure what a webquest was, so I was grateful to have an example on our class Wiki page of the content, format, and just general information regarding webquests.  

As a teacher, I could see using this with students as a review before a test, as a tool for gathering information before writing a research paper, just a way to get students used to sifting through sources on the Internet.

Enjoy!

You are part of a team of teachers who are starting a charter school. Your charter status has been approved, but now it is time to start diving into the nitty-gritty logistics of curriculum and assessment in your school. Some general information has already been established about assessment within your school, such as the fact that your students will participate in the state assessment mandated by the Department of Public Instruction. Your team, however, wants to investigate other forms of assessment, to ensure that your students, parents and teachers are getting the most timely and useful information about student performance.

It is June, and your team needs to submit a written proposal regarding assessment to the school’s Learning Team by August 1.

Once you have gathered all of your information on assessments, you are going to put together a document which will serve as a proposal for your school’s Learning Team. This proposal will focus on your team’s recommendations for the types of assessments that will complement the mandated state assessment.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norm-referenced_test

http://www.teachersandfamilies.com/open/parent/scores2.cfm

http://www.uwf.edu/pals/21stcentury/assessmentalternatives.htm 

http://www.ed.psu.edu/CI/journals/96pap46.htm 

http://www.sedl.org/loteced/comparing_assessment.html 

http://www.ed.gov/pubs/OR/ConsumerGuides/perfasse.html

http://www.projectappleseed.org/assesment.html

http://www.sedl.org/loteced/comparing_assessment.html 

http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/methods/assment/as5relia.htm 

http://academics.georgiasouthern.edu/cet/assessment/general.html 

http://fcit.usf.edu/assessment/basic/basicc.html

Before submitting your proposal to the Learning Team, please reflect on the following questions:

Congratulations! Your proposal is ready to be submitted and evaluated by the Learning Team. Please record any follow up questions that you have for your team here.

Evaluation:

What does it mean if an assessment is reliable?

How do test developers establish a test’s validity?

What does it mean if an assessment is valid?

What are some of the reasons for NOT using performance-based assessments (the disadvantages)?

http://eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2sql/content_storage_01/0000019b/80/14/48/f9.pdf

http://www.teachervision.fen.com/assessment/resource/5946.html

What are some of the reasons for using performance-based assessments (their benefits)?

http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/res/litass/auth.html

http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/toolbox/

What are the characteristics of a performance-based assessment?

What are some of the reasons for NOT using traditional assessments (the disadvantages)?

What are some of the reasons for using traditional assessments (their benefits)?

What are the characteristics of a traditional assessment?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAT

What are some K12 examples of norm-referenced assessments?

http://www.teachersandfamilies.com/open/parent/scores2.cfm

http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/methods/assment/as8lk1.htm

What does it mean if an assessment is norm-referenced? What are the advantages and disadvantages of this assessment?

http://www.valparint.com/criterio.htm

http://www.fairtest.org/criterion-and-standards-referenced-tests

Here are some questions that may help you guide the creation of your proposal:

Process:

Launching a Charter School

Introduction: