Educational Tests & Measurements Resources
Provincial Achievement Tests
- Provincial Achievement Tests (PAT). Alberta Education. This section contains information for students, parents, teachers and administrators concerning Achievement tests in grades 6 and 9.
Information for students, parents, teachers and administrators concerning Achievement tests in grades 3, 6 and 9.
Includes released test items, examples of standards for student writing, and access to Quest A+ - Alberta Education's digital testing solution.
- Writing Diploma Exams (Alberta Education)Guides, exemplars, rules, and other information to help students prepare for Grade 12 diploma exams.
- Early years assessmentsInformation about literacy and numeracy screening assessments for all students in Grades 1 to 3
Alberta Assessment Consortium
- Alberta Assessment Consortium
Includes authentic performance assessments, rubric materials, scaffolding materials, and sefl-directed PD resources.
- Click on 'Login' in the upper right hand corner
- First time users, must select the 'Create Account' link option and use a @ualberta.ca email address to create an account.
Library Resources
Linking Assessment to Reading Comprehension Instruction by
In Linking Assessment to Reading Comprehension Instruction the authors use an engaging, four-part assessment framework to explain how to combine observation and other assessment techniques to link assessment to effective reading comprehension instruction. Rubrics and an example of assessment analysis illustrate how to make the connection between assessment and instructional planning. Twenty model literacy lessons, replete with authentic student artifacts, are used to illustrate how a careful assessment analyzes can lead teachers to differentiate literacy instruction to fit students' specific literacy needs.
Call Number: LB 1573.7 W48 2009
Diagnostic Literacy Assessments and Instructional Strategies by
It is claimed that specific programmes do not improve reading and writing and that most impact is made by the decision making process of the literacy professionals who use assessment to drive language, reading and writing instruction. This book aims to help make literacy specialists and classroom teachers effective decision makers.
Call Number: LB 1576 M39716 2008
