ABLE Test
ericae.net/tc3/TC018651.htm
This is another ERICS site, giving descriptive information on the Adults Basic Learning Examination, or ABLE.

Buros Institute of Mental Measurements
www.unl.edu/buros/
Another gigantic database. Tests, test locators, test resources, test publishers, and everything you could possibly want to know about tests.

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
Just about everything you could want to know about CASAS including skill level descriptors, competency lists, and frequently asked questions about the test as well as how it is used.

ERICS Digest
www.ericae.net/testcol.htm
Massive database, probably the best resource for information on tests and everything associated with testing and education in general.

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 standard-ized tests. Their Web site is an excellent resource for information on current educational policies and testing research.

Riverside Publishing
www.riverpub.com/products/group/dartts.htm
Riverside Publishing produces a wide variety of educational materials, includ-ing tests. They are part of the larger educational publishing house, Houghton Mifflin. This site is a good introduction to the Diagnostic Assessment of Reading with Trial Teaching Strategies and its cousin, the Diagnostic Assessment of Reading.

Sites on Alternative Assessment and Performance-Based Assessment

Access Excellence
www.accessexcellence.com
Another example of rubrics, this one focusing on the use of rubrics for teaching science. From the Access Excellence home page, click on "Classrooms of the 21st Century."

A Humourous Look at Performance-Based Assessment
www.middleweb.com/gradexam.html
We all need a little chuckle once in a while, and this site may prove helpful. It 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. Don't be scared off by the middle school aspect. Many of the links under Assessment and Evaluation will prove useful to us in adult education as well.

Education World
www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr248.shtml
This site offers information on rubrics, the educational background to rubrics, and how you can use them.

Guideline for Portfolio Assessment
www.w-angle.galil.k12.il/call/portfolio/default.html
Another tome of a piece, but just about everything you could think of concerning portfolios is laid out here in clear, thorough detail. Again, this site should not be missed by anyone interested in learning about portfolios.

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.

National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education
www.ncbe.gwu.edu/ncbepubs/pigs/pig9.htm
Excellent, lengthy, and detailed site on performance and portfolio assessment for language minority students. This is heavy reading, but highly insightful for anyone interested in portfolio-based assessment.

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 in portfolio assessment.

Using Rubrics in the Washington State Assessment System
www.sbctc.ctc.edu/Board/Educ/ABE/assess.htm
Washington State has developed rubrics as part of their assessment system. This site lists several downloadable resources including the rubrics in both Adobe PDF format and in Word.