The three chapters of this handbook are designed to insure that any school can use teacher-made tests and performance assessments as components of a learning assessment plan. Focus is on criterion-referenced achievement tests developed in Illinois for assessing the cognitive and psychomotor domains of learning. The initial chapter is designed for classroom teachers and administrators in Illinois to translate the Illinois reform legislation on learning objectives and local systems into local practice. Good practices for paper-and-pencil testing are reviewed. The second chapter describes various methods of checking reliability and gives examples of each. The final chapter, on performance assessment, describes sample assignments and evaluative criteria for some performance areas, with considerations for scoring and a set of sample rating scales. These performance instruments are illustrative only. A locally made companion videotape was produced for use in local rater-training workshops. (SLD)