Adult Education Webliography and Listservs
www.readiowa.org/ae_webliography.htm
A compilation of Web sites, listservs, gophers, online training, and more, that pertain to adult basic education.

Arlington Education and Employment Program
www.arlington.k12.va.us/instruct/ctae/adult_ed/REEP/
The Arlington Education and Employment program (REEP) is a multi-faceted English as a Second Language (ESL) program for adult immigrants and refugees who live and work in Arlington County, Virginia. Information on the REEP Writing Test and Rubric can be found here.

Basic English Skills Test (BEST)
www.cal.org/BEST
Information on the BEST Test can be found here.

Buros Institute of Mental Measurements
www.unl.edu/buros
A large database that has information on tests, test locators, test resources, and test publishers.

Center for Adult Learning and Educational Credentials
www.acenet.edu/calec/ged
This is the official site of the GED testing service, and provides information for both prospective test-takers, and education and testing professionals, as well as general information on ordering GED materials.

Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL)
www.cal.org
Thorough resource for varied information on language, language testing, and current education policy. Click on Adult ESL literacy and click on the link for Related Products and Publications. This will bring up a list of many helpful resources for ESOL teachers and learners.

Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment System (CASAS) Competency List
www.casas.org
Overview of CASAS including skill level descriptors, competency lists, and frequently asked questions about the test as well as how it is used.

CRESST Assessment
www.cse.ucla.edu/index.htm
Funded by the U.S. Department of Education and the Office of Educational Research and Improvement, the National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST) conducts research on important topics related to K-12 educational testing. They have an excellent glossary and links to examples of rubrics.

Demonstrations Ontario
demonstrations.alphaplus.ca/DemonstrationBank
This site is designed to assist Literacy and Basic Skills (LBS) Program delivery agencies in Ontario to develop and apply learning outcomes demonstrations. Demonstrations measure the ability of adults to successfully integrate and apply various elements of their literacy learning to everyday life.

Educational Testing Service Test Collection
www.ets.org/testcoll/index.html
Includes an extensive library of more than 20,000 tests and other measurement instruments from the early 1900's to the present.

Eisenhower National Clearing House Assessment Links
www.enc.org/topics/assessment
ENC's mission is to identify effective curriculum resources, create high-quality professional development materials, and disseminate useful information and products to improve K-12 mathematics and science teaching and learning.

Equipped for the Future
www.nifl.gov/lincs/collections/eff
EFF is a standards-based reform initiative aimed at improving the quality of the adult literacy system and building the capacity of that system to more effectively assist adults in accomplishing their goals in life. The site provides comprehensive information about the EFF Content Framework, the ongoing work in research and development of the EFF Assessment Framework and how these tools can be used to align curriculum, instruction, assessment, and accountability with adult students' purposes and goals.

Fair Test: The National Center for Fair & Open Testing
fairtest.org
Fair Test is an advocacy organization devoted to ensuring the fair, accurate, and unbiased administering of standardized tests. Their Web site provides information on current educational policies and testing research.

A Humorous Look at Performance-Based Assessment
www.middleWeb.com/gradexam.html
This site provides a tongue-in-cheek look at some authentic assessment tasks such as in economics. "Develop a realistic plan for refinancing the national debt. Run for Congress." There is also valuable non- tongue-in-cheek information on this site.

Interactive Classroom
www.interactiveclassroom.com
This site has several articles that address issues of authentic assessment including one that describes the process of "negotiable contracting," which actively brings learners into the process of assessment. Click on articles from the main page.

Kentucky Family Literacy Program Performance Indicators
www.sabes.org/assessment/kyfamlitindicators.pdf  
The seven-page resource displays the program performance indicators for the state's family literacy programs.

Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks/Adult and Community Learning Services (ACLS)
www.doe.mass.edu/acls/frameworks
The Mass. Curriculum Frameworks can be found here.

National Assessments of Adult Literacy
nces.ed.gov/naal/
The National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) is a nationally representative and continuing assessment of English language literacy skills of American adults that seeks to describe the status of adult literacy in the U.S.; report on national trends; and identify relationships between literacy and selected characteristics of adults. NAAL previously conducted a National Adult Literacy Survey (NALS) in 1992.

National Assessment Governing Board
www.nagb.org
The Governing Board is an independent, bipartisan group whose members include governors, state legislators, local and state school officials, educators, business representatives, and members of the general public. Congress created the 26-member Governing Board in 1988 to set policy for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) -- commonly known as the "The Nation's Report Card" for K-12.

National Center on Educational Outcomes
education.umn.edu/nceo
The National Center on Educational Outcomes provides national leadership in the participation of students with disabilities in national and state assessments, standards-setting efforts, and graduation requirements.

National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL)
www.gse.harvard.edu/~ncsall
The National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL) both informs and learns from practice. Its rigorous, high quality research increases knowledge and gives those teaching,
managing, and setting policy in adult literacy education a sound basis for making decisions. NCSALL is also a leader in designing innovative professional development programs and in building support for research use.

National Clearinghouse for ESL Literacy Education
www.cal.org/ncle/ResAEv.htm
This resource collection provides materials about testing issues, standardized tests currently in use by adult education programs, and standards initiatives.

National Institute for Literacy Special Collections: Assessment
literacy.kent.edu/Midwest/assessment/index.html
The Assessment Special Collection provides individuals dealing with assessment and evaluation in adult literacy programs a means to access a variety of resources electronically. At this site you can explore assessment and evaluation topics for both program and instruction. You will also discover professional development topics and current event information. Whether you want to browse the site for developing assessment in the classroom or for your program as a whole, the Assessment Special Collections is one-stop shopping.

National Reporting System (NRS)
www.nrsonline.org
The National Reporting System for Adult Education (NRS) is an outcome-based reporting system for the state-administered, Federally funded adult education program. Developed with the support of the U.S. Department of Education's Division of Adult Education and Literacy (DAEL), the NRS continues a cooperative process by state adult education directors and DAEL to identify appropriate learner outcomes for adult education.

Portfolio Assessment
www.eduplace.com/rdg/res/literacy/assess6.html
This site is operated by Houghton Mifflin, the educational publishing house. It's a good introduction to portfolio assessment, giving short but precise explanations for some of the key issues and themes.

Riverside Publishing
www.riverpub.com
Riverside Publishing produces a wide variety of educational materials, including tests. They are part of the larger educational publishing house, Houghton Mifflin. This site is a good introduction to the Diagnostic Assessment of Reading (DAR) with Trial Teaching Strategies and the Diagnostic Assessment of Reading.

SABES Assessment Support Web Site
www.sabes.org/assessment
This site has been designed to help program managers, teachers, and other practitioners deal effectively with the new learning gain assessment and reporting requirements in DOE-funded ABE programs in Massachusetts. There are also resources useful to ABE workers outside the state of Massachusetts including an assessment bibliography and glossary.

Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE)
www.mhcontemporary.com/news/tabe.php
Information on the TABE Test can be found here.

WestEd
www.wested.org
WestEd is a nonprofit research, development, and service agency, focused mostly on K through 12, but is also committed to improving learning at all stages of life - from infancy to adulthood, both in school and out. The agency traces its history back to 1966 when Congress created a network of Regional Educational Laboratories. As one of the nation's Regional Educational Laboratories, WestEd serves Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah, but their work also extends throughout the rest of the United States, as well as internationally.

Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA)
www.afscme.org/pol-leg/wiahome.htm
Information on WIA can be found here.