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Are you looking for new ways to assess your students, their work, and their progress? Alternative assessment methods are growing in popularity as teachers, students, and parents alike realize the advantages of evaluating learning in ways that a traditional test does not. Our articles and rubrics are designed to help you learn more about alternative assessment choices and how they can help you effectively and fairly assess your students.

"Introduction: Redefining Assessment"
Discusses the shift toward performance assessment and considers the benefits of evaluating students' problem-solving and analysis skills.

"Portfolio-Based Assessment"
Explains how a showcase collection of student work can inspire self-reflection in students as well as help you effectively assess students' progress.

Rubrics
Includes many rubrics, such as an oral presentation rubric, a map rubric, a position paper rubric and much more. You can also find links to additional online rubric resources and teaching ideas to use with the rubrics.