Assessment - Social Studies


Formative and Summative Assessment

Ìý- Unlocks the vast digital archive of the Library of Congress to create a new generation of history assessments. Developed by the Stanford History Education Group (SHEG).

Ìý- Southern Illinois University has created over one hundred assessments that use primary sources. The assessments are openly available.

Ìý- Assessments developed by the Washington Department of Education.

Ìý- A framework for assessment that measures the process of historical thinking, as well as the retention of prior knowledge. The ARCH features three assessment types: weighted multiple-choice items, traditional multiple-choice items, and performance assessment tasks.

Performance Assessment

Ìý- Provides several resources to support to schools and districts that have committed to adopting performance-based assessment as part of a multiple-measures system for evaluating student learning and measuring school performance. Some helpful resources include:



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Standards-Based Grading

Ìý- A collection of standards-based grading videos and resources, including information in social studies specific practices for standards based grading.

Advanced Placement