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UK Government to introduce a new Report Card
http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/pns/DisplayPN.cgi?pn_id=2008_0229
UK Government plans to introduce a new School Report Card
Schools Secretary Ed Balls announced 14Oct08 that the UK Government plans to introduce a new School Report Card, to give parents a new, simpler and more comprehensive way of understanding schools’ performance and achievements.
The new School Report Cards are part of wider changes to strengthen schools’ accountability to parents and the public, raise school standards, and reform pupil testing and assessment.
The Government will set out detailed proposals on report cards for consultation with schools, parents and the public by the end of this year, leading to a White Paper in spring 2009.

Online reporting introductory pack (UK)
http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/docbank/index.cfm?id=12680
Online reporting introductory pack (UK)
Schools Minister Jim Knight announced in January that from September 2008 all maintained schools will be expected to start the move towards online reporting. Secondary schools are expected to be providing parents with online reports by September 2010 and primary schools are expected to do so by September 2012.
A letter introducing Becta's introductory pack will shortly be sent to all maintained schools. The pack provides more information about the resources and advice available on the Becta website to help schools implement the expectation.
http://tinyurl.com/47tj5c

Online student assessment of their learning gains
http://www.salgsite.org/
Online student assessment of their learning gains
The Student Assessment of their Learning Gains (SALG) website allows instructors to gather learning-focused feedback from students and hence improve the quality of instruction.

Childrens' school records go online (UK)
http://www.itpro.co.uk/news/166437/childrens-school-records-go-online.html
Childrens' school records go online
Database to hold details of teenage school pupils and provide a resource for potential employers to look up details of school leavers applying for work.
Children aged 14 to 19 face having their school records subject to scrutiny by employers, as a new initiative to put pupil records into a central database were announced.

Google London Test Automation Conference
http://tinyurl.com/zcmcn
Google London Test Automation Conference (Sept 2006) .. videos of the presentation online.
ICT | assessment | computer | based |

Web-Based Accreditation (UK)
http://www.qca.org.uk/15581.html
Web-Based Accreditation (UK)
The regulatory authorities for England, Wales and Northern Ireland have introduced a new online system through which awarding bodies will submit qualifications for accreditation.

GCSE, AS and A2 Level questions, AQA and EDEXCEL
http://www.exampro.co.uk
UK databases of UK GCSE and A Level Questions, markschemes and examiners' reports up to 2004.
The software allows tests and homeworks to be created very quickly and is cheap at ?0 for a new user. A number of subjects are available, particularly for the AQA and Edexcel boards in Maths and Science

Testbase N.C. QCA KS1 KS 2 KS3 (UK)
http://www.testbase.co.uk
The UK's biggest selling databases of UK National Curriculum Questions, markschemes and examiners' reports up to 2004.
The software allows tests and homeworks to be created very quickly.
Testbase is used by over 13,000 individual schools and by many LEAs who purchase collective licences for all their schools. The software is also used by teacher training colleges, universities and the National Strategies. Once your school has a licence, the software can be used by any teacher in the school or at home. The print-outs can only be used in the purchasing institution.
GCSE and AS/A2 examination materials are available through Exampro, which uses the same program as Testbase, making it easy for teachers to prepare mock papers, revision and end-of-topic tests throughout 14-19 years.

TRACK - TAKS .... FREE
http://www.track.uttelecampus.org/
Welcome to TRACK - TAKS Readiness and Core Knowledge, your free online TAKS readiness program. In TRACK you will find diagnostics to measure understanding of the objectives tested on the (USA) 11th grade exit-level test, and a library of learning tutorials to help you better understand those objectives.
TRACK can be used at home, in the classroom, in public libraries or any place you can access the Internet. Check out these samples of what you?l find inside.

Literature Review of E-assessment (UK)
http://www.nestafuturelab.org/research/reviews/10_01.htm
Literature Review of E-assessment
A literature review on electronic assessment summarises existing research and emergent practice, and identifies some potential benefits and difficulties that will arise. The UK government has embarked on a very ambitious project to extend the use of e-assessment. The issue for education is not if e-assessment will play a major role, but when, what, and how. E-assessment can take a number of forms, including automating administrative procedures; digitising paper-based systems, and online testing - which extends from banal multiple choice tests to interactive assessments of problem-solving skills.

Self-Marking Multiple Choice Quizzes
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/neil.williams50/free-resources2.htm
Self-Marking Multiple Choice Quizzes
This page contains a series of templates for self-marking quizzes in Excel. Originally launched in October 2003 the number of templates has been growing since then to what you can see today. January 2004 has seen a complete relaunch of these items with more templates, a revised Teachers Guide and new Eco-Print system and assessment pages built into the quizzes. The Teachers Guide now provides more information on the changes and how to use them. The final addition has been the new Quiz Record Sheet which makes it easier ot keep track of when you have used each template.

Assessment for Primary Schools : online (sg)
http://www.assessment.com.sg/
A Singapore online Primary School assessment paper educational service. All assessment papers are made to fit for Primary School students in Singapore. Our assessment papers are in sync and set to tune with the latest primary school syllabus and test papers set by the Ministry of Education.
www.assessment.com.sg is the first educational web service we have sucessfully developed and we hope that with these free comprehensive primary school assessment papers, parents would be able to fully utilize this service without any subscription fee worries to prepare their children ,and help them cope with their primary level tests and examinations without sweat.

GED Tests :General Educational Development (USA)
http://www.passged.com/
GED Tests :General Educational Development (USA)
The GED exam is a battery of five tests in Science, Mathematics, Social Studies, Language Arts Writing, and Language Arts Reading. The GED tests take seven or more hours to complete. The GED tests are administered many times a year. The GED tests centers are spread across the USA and Canada.
The GED is accepted as an equivalent to a high school diploma by approximately 97% of colleges and universities in the U.S., and 95% of employers because they recognize the GED test as a rigorous examination equal to or exceeding high school proficiency.
This site offers online practice

Opensource Testing Software
http://sourceforge.net/softwaremap/trove_list.php?form_cat=73
Opensource Testing Software .... over 250 different packages
Also includes some LMS .. learning management systems .. mostly free

QuickAssess N.C. QCA Ks1 KS 2 KS3
http://www.trumptech.com/qca_main.htm
QuickAssess provides questions from QCA past papers at Key Stages 1,2 and 3, allowing teachers to create practice test and examination papers in under 5 minutes. The discs include not only all the QCA questions from 1997 to 2002 but also the complete mark schemes.
QuickAssess delivers a high level of administrative functions and gives teachers the flexibility to meet the widely varying needs of students. This comprehensive resource covers the most up-to-date teaching requirements.

E-assessment
http://www.qca.org.uk/ages3-14/6877.html
E-assessment
In this dedicated e-assessment area on the QCA website you will find:
- guidance and advice for developing e-assessment;
- details about projects being undertaken by QCA;
- information about current consultations;
- presentations and documents from conferences, and;
- links to other e-assessment sites that may be of interest.

What is Computer Assisted Assessment?
http://www.le.ac.uk/TALENT/book/c3p2.htm
What is Computer Assisted Assessment?
CAA

Checklist for Evaluation Computer Based Assessment
http://www.bbk.ac.uk/olaaf/FeedbackChecklist.doc
Checklist for Evaluation Computer Based Assessment

Computer Based Assessment : FAQ
http://www.bobbyelliott.com/faq.htm
Computer Based Assessment : Frequently Asked Questions
What is e-assessment | What? the difference between ?-assessment? ?omputer-assisted assessment?and ?omputer-based assessment?| What is Bloom? Taxonomy | Are there any standards relating to online assessment | What are the advantages of e-assessment | Can e-assessment be used to measure higher order skills |

Computerised adaptive testing
http://www.nfer.ac.uk/research/Computerisedadaptivetesting.asp
Computerised adaptive testing
Adaptive testing has been one of the most frequently-employed applications of CBA - at least in early phases. Particularly in the United States many testing programs have gone over to adaptive tests. Much information on computer-adaptive testing is available on the worldwide web. Amongst many excellent sites, Weiss's massive repository of information, and Rudner's On-line, Interactive, Computer Adaptive Testing Tutorial stand out.
Adaptive tests have three main elements:
- an item selection and ability estimation algorithm
- a bank of test items
- front-end software to put the test on-screen

Computer-Based Assessment : NfER project
http://www.nfer.ac.uk/research/cba.asp
Computer-Based Assessment
This section of the site aims to provide an authoritative guide to Computer-Based Assessment (CBA), which is becoming an increasingly important part of the assessment agenda.
NFER has conducted a variety of research into this branch of assessment and this guide is based on that expertise and experience. It also draws together a wide range of national and international research, useful information, and a database of over 50 CBA-related sites.

Pass-It Website
http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/projects/passit/index.asp
Pass-It Website
Project on Assessment in Scotland - using ICT
This initiative brings together key players in Scottish education to research and develop ICT-based assessments which teaching professionals can access for both formative and summative purposes. These assessments will be designed for a limited range of National, Higher National and 3-14 provision. By ICT-based assessment we mean assessment of knowledge, understanding and skills using technologies such as the Internet, intranet and CD-ROM.