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Preface
Technological Literacy Standards
Assessment Standards for Technological Literacy
How to Use This Guide
Section One: Introduction
An Assessment Strategy
Why Assess?
Benefits of Assessment
Applications of Assessment
Section Two: Standards, Benchmarks, and Enduring Concepts
What to Assess
Connecting with the Standards
Understanding
Enduring Concepts
Section Three: Assessment Criteria and Evidence-Gathering Tools
Rubrics
Tools for Gathering Evidence
Organizing Assessment Evidence
Examples of Ways to Assess
Portfolios and Journals
Scenarios
Open-ended Questioning
Models and Prototypes
Realizations/Products/Projects
Observation
Discussion/Interview
Concept Mapping
Presentations and Debate
Tests
Section Four: Managing the Assessment Process
Using Assessment Criteria for Selecting Learning Activities
Organizing the Learning Environment
Creating an Equitable Environment
Collecting Evidence of Learning
Feedback and Applications of Assessment Results
Assessing the Assessment Process

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