Welcome to the FIRST Assessment Repository. The repository contains detailed information on assessment tools used [primarily] in biological and ecological science courses. Records herein adhere to a standard educational metadata specification and enable educators to explore effective teaching models and techniques.

The aim is to associate outcome measures (i.e. student test scores) with the particular concepts on which the student is being tested and also associate the specific instructional techniques employed when presenting that material to the student.

The repository relies primarily on data collected from and submitted by professors and instructors. While this system is still in active development, a quick search should reveal the depth, flexibility, and utility of the model. And, of course, feedback is strongly encouraged and greatly appreciated.

Information about the FIRST Project and it's activities is currently available through the FIRST II site.

If you have any questions, comments or problems, please contact the repository developer and administrator at leinfelder@nceas.ucsb.edu


Search Assessments and Questions
 


This tool allows you to search for Assessments and Questions. By default, the search will be conducted over all Assessment fields. These include (but are not limited to): course and assessment titles and descriptions, instructor name, and keyword fields. Expanding the search to include Questions will include additional results for question matches (much like a question bank).

You can use the '%' character as a wildcard in your searches (e.g., '%biology%' would locate any phrase with the word biology embedded within it).



This repository is an effort of the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) and is based on software developed by the Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity (KNB), and houses metadata that are compliant with [the currently-under-development] Educational Metadata Language (EdML [name subject to change]).