Student assessment is one of 12 elements of high-quality CTE, defined in ACTE’s comprehensive, research-based Quality CTE Program of Study Framework. The following reports, articles, guides and toolkits can help you develop and implement high-quality assessment. This page is under development; additional resources and tags will be added in summer 2018.
Incorporating Assessment
Do-it-Yourself: Six Tips for Designing Group Work Evaluations
Wallgren and Lindbeck, ACTE Techniques Magazine, January 2017
CBE in CTE: The Perfect Fit
Helser, ACTE Techniques Magazine, September 2016
Accelerated Learning Opportunities and Prior Learning Assessment
Foster and Gielczyk, ACTE Techniques Magazine, April 2015
The CRTC SPUR Process
Rothenberg, ACTE Techniques Magazine, April 2014
Multi-Rater Feedback: Improving Students’ Readiness for the OR
Wachter and Lion, ACTE Techniques Magazine, March 2016
Performance Assessment
Quality Performance Assessment: Harnessing the Power of Teacher and Student Learning
Brown and Mevs, Center for Collaborative Education and Nellie Mae Education Foundation, February 2012
Developing a Performance Assessment System from the Ground Up: Lessons Learned from Three Linked Learning Pathways
Jaquith, Martin and Johnston, Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education, February 2014
Industry-recognized Credentials
CTE’s Role in Workplace Readiness Credentials
ACTE, 2008
National Certification: A Differentiator for Health Science Graduates
McDonald, ACTE Techniques Magazine, Nov/Dec 2014
Student Success, Step by Step
Skaggs, ACTE Techniques Magazine, September 2013
Credentials—One Tool for Retaining Students
Bloomfield et. al, ACTE Techniques Magazine, February 2013
The Promise of Digital Badges
Foster, ACTE Techniques Magazine, November/December 2013
The Practicality of Digital Badges
Foster, ACTE Techniques Magazine, September 2014
Stackable Credentials Tool Kit
Office of Career, Technical and Adult Education, April 2018
How is Career Readiness Assessed?
McMurrer, Frizzell and McIntosh, Center on Education Policy, October 2013
Measuring Technical and Academic Achievement: Employer/Certification Examinations’ Role in High School Assessment
Southern Regional Education Board, 2009
Evaluating Credentialing Systems: Implications for Career-Technical Educators
Mahlman and Austin, The Ohio State University, 2002
Alternative Credentials: Prior Learning 2.0
Buban, Online Learning Consortium Research Center for Digital Learning and Leadership, March 2017
Four Ways to Increase the Value of Short-term Credentials: A Guide for Community Colleges
Buckwalter, Jobs for the Future, December 2017