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Balanced Assessment

Link: http://balancedassessment.concord.org/

From 1993 to 2003, the Balanced Assessment in Mathematics Program existed at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. The project group developed a large collection of innovative mathematics assessment tasks for grades K to 12, and trained teachers to use these assessments in their classrooms. The library of over 300 mathematics assessment tasks developed during the project remains freely available through this web site. Teachers may use these materials in their own classrooms at no cost. offers over 300 mathematics assessment tasks for grades K-12. Topics & activities include averages, addition, area, batting orders, bicycle rides, chance of rain, chance of survival, cheetah's lunch, classroom groups, cost of living, dart boards, detective stories, Fermi estimates, genetic codes, gestation & longevity, graphing, gravity, intersections, logarithms, oil consumption, rectangles, squares & circles, stock market, triangles, volume, & more. (NSF)

• Cataloged: 2004-10-17
• Author/Creator: The Concord Consortium
• Publisher: The Concord Consortium
• Source: The Concord Consortium

This resource is cataloged under:

• Educational Type: Activity
• Educational Type: Best practice
• Grade level: Elementary
• Grade level: High school
• Grade level: Middle school
• Language: English
• Network/channel: Technology Applications for Learning: develop or conduct assessment of learning
• Network/channel: Technology Applications for Learning: facilitate collaboration or resource sharing
• Network/channel: Technology Applications for Learning: develop or conduct evaluation or accountability effort
• Resource Type: Collection

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