The Assessment Research Centre - Relevant Links

Government Links
Department of Education and Training (Victoria)
http://www.education.vic.gov.au/

Assessment and Reporting Support Materials from the Victorian Department of School Education (SOFweb)
http://www.sofweb.vic.edu.au/blueprint/fs1/assessment.htm

Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au

Australian Curriculum Studies Association
www.acsa.edu.au

Australian National Training Authority
http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/training_skills/policy_issues_reviews/key_issues/nts/

Learning how to use EdNA
learnedna.deakin.edu.au

Research Organisations
Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)
http://www.timss.acer.edu.au/

Assessment and reporting of gifted children
http://www.eduweb.vic.gov.au/curriculumatwork/deet/gi_cp.htm

Australian Association for Research in Education: (searchable for abstracts and full versions of current papers)
http://www.aare.edu.au/index.htm

Links to all other Australian Universities
http://www.australian-universities.com/

Australian Vocational Education and Training Research Association (AVETRA)
www.avetra.org.au

EdNA (Education Network Australia)
www.edna.edu.au

Assessment Information Sites
Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing
www.apa.org/science/standards.html

Glossaries of assessment and measurement terms
http://ahe.cqu.edu.au/glossaries.htm

Portfolio Assessment
www.eduplace.com/rdg/res/literacy/assess6.html

Authentic and Performance Assessment
http://mailer.fsu.edu/~jflake/assess.html
http://ahe.cqu.edu.au/other_sites.htm

Self-Assessment
www.eduplace.com/rdg/res/assess/index.html

Comparing assessment ideas
www.usoe.k12.ut.us/curr/science/Perform/PAST3.htm#Norm

Six traits - generalised criteria for assessment of written work
www.nwrel.org/eval/PDFs/6plus1traits.pdf