This comprehensive guide leads the user step-by-step through questionnaire creation. Topics include preliminary considerations, writing the questionnaire items, issues that may come up when giving the questionnaire, statistical considerations, and references for further reading. This resource is intended for novice and professional evaluators. Full description.

This resource has evaluation charts for teachers to assess students in the following situations: general communication, interview, narration, skit, oral presentation, and group performance. A scoring rubric is included. There is information about how to do portfolio evaluation and techniques for questioning students to throroughly test their understanding of the subject. Full description.

This excerpt from Reading Teacher's Book of Lists describes alternative ways to assess students, including using journals, portfolios, re-tellings, reading logs, and checklists. Descriptions of the best practices to use with any of these evaluation techniques and how to make the process work for both students and teachers are provided. This resource is aimed for use in the classroom and is intended ... Full description.

This reference for teachers describes the phases of the evaluation process, assessing student progress, student assessment in science, performance-based evaluation in science, record-keeping, program evaluation, and curriculum evaluation. It contains many "how-tos" for teachers. The reader is guided through the evaluation process phases, which include preparation, assessment, evaluation, and reflection. ... Full description.

This is a template for a comprehensive course evaluation that may be modified by the instructor. This instrument was written as part of a wider attempt to meet the need for improved classroom assessment tools. Its particular focus (on what students gained from the class) arises from research involving university student interviews. The interviewers found that asking students what they "liked" or "valued" ... Full description.

This document provides guidance toward planning and implementing an evaluation process for for-profit or nonprofit programs. There are many kinds of evaluations that can be applied to programs, for example, goals-based, process-based, and outcomes-based, among others. A page that debunks common myths about evaluation and describes where program evaluation is useful is provided. It contains a handy ... Full description.

Whether developing questions for questionnaires or interviews or focus groups, there are certain guidelines that help to ensure that respondents provide information that is useful and can later be analyzed. This resource offers advice on developing questions for interviews or focus groups. It contains basics conducting the interviews, providing directions to respondents as well as guidelines for composing ... Full description.

This is a checklist to help users critically view web pages and determine if they are appropriate to use based on content and the grade level being taught. Included are questions about the reliability, scope, format, and cost and accessibility of the web site in question. Full description.

This is a short, but easy to read matrix of assessment techniques, outlining descriptions, what to do with the data, and the time required for each type of assessment. The techniques included are the minute paper, chain notes, memory matrix, directed paraphrasing, one sentence summary, exam evaluations, application cards, and student-generated test questions. Full description.

This is a checklist designed to help elementary school users critically evaluate web resources. By answering the questions in the checklist, students can then assess if the site would be a good one to use for their science research projects. There is a series of "How does it look?" questions and a series of "What did you learn?" questions that challenge students to think critically about what they ... Full description.