| Assessment Information |
| What's New The Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
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| Curriculum
Benchmark Assessments The Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment Department provides Curriculum Benchmark Assessments (CBAs) that complement the Horizontal Alignment Planning Guides. These benchmarks target Power objectives and other high impact objectives taught during each 6-weeks (secondary schools) and 9-weeks (elementary schools) grading cycles. |
 Campus Online - TeachersWorkbench UpdateCampuses using Campus Online for TAKS reporting and administration of common assessments will find new and enhanced reports on TeacherWorkbench. Visit the portal Technology Web site in the HISD portal for steps to installing version 4.6 and other important updates.  Campus
Online Installation TWB 4.6 - Update December 01, 2008 |
| Useful Links to Texas Education Agency |
| October 2008 Updates from TEA -
Assessment Division |
| Blueprints
for the Algebra I, Geometry, and Biology End-Of-Course Assessments |
| Texas
Assessment Conference Resources |
| Student Assessment newsletter (9/04/07) |
| Assessments in Mathematics |
| Tips
for printing TAKS Mathematics Chart To ensure that the TAKS Mathematics Charts with rulers is used consistently in the classroom, please follow the printing tips in the above document. Otherwise, the ruler will not be to scale and will create problems when students use the ruler. |
| Assessments in Language Arts |
| Student Friendly Writing Rubric |
| TAKS Writing Rubric |
| Using Rubrics for Assessments |
RubiStar A free tool to help teachers create quality rubrics http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php Kathy Schrocks' Guide for Educators - Assessment
Rubrics A collection of assessment rubrics and graphic organizers that may be helpful to you as you design your own. http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/assess.html#rubrics The Rubric Bank A wide variety of performance assessment scoring rubrics. These rubrics are examples of scoring rubrics that have been used by schools, districts and state departments of education throughout the country. http://intranet.cps.k12.il.us/Assessments/Ideas_and_Rubrics/Rubric_Bank/rubric_bank.html |