Abstract: A system for assessing a student's knowledge of a subject is disclosed wh includes an assessment sheet or booklet which has a story portion setting forth a plurality of related facts or observations therein and an activity portion setting forth a plurality of questions and directions therein to the student requiring a written response by the student, an answer area for the student to place written responses therein and a machine readable teacher scoring area on the sheet. The scoring area has machine readable spaces therein for recording numbers or marks characteristic of predetermined categories of the teacher's evaluation of the student's responses to the questions and directions in accordance with a predetermined set of assessment criteria. In other embodiments, the answer sheet may be separable from a reusable assessment booklet.

Abstract: A test booklet is disclosed which is made from a plurality of overlaid sheets, each having a width less than an underlying sheet. The sheets are bifolded together along a central fold to form pairs of equal width question pages nested together with the outer page having the greatest width and each sequential inner page overlapping an underlying page by an equal width edge portion. Each pair of pages has a plurality of questions arranged on their outer sides and a unique icon on the edge portion thereof.An answer sheet is provided which is positionable between the innermost pair of pages. This answer sheet has a plurality of vertical columns of answer areas equal to the number of pairs of question pages arranged so as to extend generally along the edge portions of the question pages. Each column on the answer sheet corresponds in position to the edge of only one question page and has a matching icon which corresponds to and is adjacent to the unique icon on the corresponding question page.