External links

The following is a selection of sites on the topic which you might find useful. The links have not been placed in any particular order and there is no implied order of merit or quality in the listing. If you come across any dead links or have any links you would like to share with other readers please contact us by email.

• Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education
  Search under 'A' from this link to find information on this international referred journal, which publishes papers on all aspects of assessment and evaluation in higher education. A contents list of all volumes of the journal since 1996 is provided.
• Assessment Forum
  The Assessment Forum is part of the American Association for Higher Education (AAHE) network. "It promotes thoughtful, effective approaches to assessment that involve faculty, benefit students, and improve the quality of teaching and learning. It helps campuses, programs, and individuals to plan, implement, and share the results of their assessment efforts." There are links to a number of resources, including abstracts of AAHE Assessment Conferences.
• CASTLe (Computer Assisted Teaching and Learning) Project
  An on-line assessment authoring tool. A JISC/JTAP project, providing a high level authoring shell for on-line interactive tutorials and assessment.
• Field-Tested Learning Assessment Guide (FLAG)
  A guide to assessment techniques for Science, Maths, Engineering and Technology from the American National Institute for Science Education.
• OLAAF
  The OLAAF project is developing and disseminating generic guidelines for the construction of computer-based assessment (CBA) with feedback (CBAF). Based at Birkbeck, University of London.  
• Question Mark
  "Question Mark is a powerful tool for computerising tests, exams and assessments. It is easy to use by both the question designer and the participant or student. Question Mark saves time and money while allowing you to present questions that look professional and are administered securely. You create the questions and tests in Question Mark, while the participant uses a run-time system or a web browser to answer your questions. The participant receives the feedback that you have specified, and answers are then saved to a file for scoring and analysis."
• VassaStats
  This is a useful online tool for doing some basic statistical calculations you might require in assessment. It enables one to enter the data directly or to import it from various sources, such as Excel spreadsheets.