Performance assessment

Achievement

(knowledge and skills learned) degree of success in some past learning activity.

Attitude Assessment

(self-image and social acceptance) Typical Performance. Determines what someone Will DO under natural conditions

Aptitude assessment

(show) predict success in some future learning activity (Maximum performance) . Determines what someone CAN DO performing at their best

Bias

In tests and testing refers to construct-irrelevant components that result in systematically lower or higher for identifiable groups of examiners.

Informal

Observational measures; teacher conducted assessments; assessment support materials; and other achievement, aptitude, interest and personality measures used in and for educational.

Extended Performance Task

Performance task example essay and supply item

Restricted performance Tasks

Performance tasks example essay supply item

Beginning of Instruction

Placement assessment, measures entry behavior Example pre-test, graphic organizrs test from previous years

Learning goals

Is the broadest and hardest to measure with generalizations or transfer

How student is performing in relation to expected grades

Achievement

Summative Assessment

Achievement assessment at the end of instruction for the purpose of certifying mastery or assigning grades

How do teachers assign grades?

Achievement, Growth and Habits

Types of Performance Assessments

Authentic, Alternative, Performance

Goals for schools

Education training and learning education

Differentiate Instructional Elements

Content, Process, Product

Content Standards

Describes what students should know and be able to do at the end of a specified period of learning (grades, ) this provides a framework for curriculum development, instruction and assessment of student achievement

Diagnose learning difficulties during instruction

Diagnostic Assessment, during instruction.

Modifications

Do change the expectations for learning. Do reduce the requirement of the tasks (reduce number of items, alternate assignments, lower level reading assignments.) for students who require more adjustments than accommodations provide

Accommodations

Do not change the expectations for learning. Do not reduce the requirements of the task

During Instruction

Formative assessment,monitors learning progress Example asking questions, quizzes, observations and performance assessments.

Concerned with the interpretation and use of assessment results

Validity

Authentic Assessment

a type of performance assessment that stress the importance of understanding and skills of real world contextual settings

1994 Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education ACT (ESEA)

States were required to set challenging standards for students achievement and develop and administer assessments to measure student progress towards those standards

Alternative Assessments

Stress something other than paper and pencil test

Authentic assessment

Stresses emphasis on real world tasks relevant outside of class

Assess achievement at the end of instrucion

Summative assessment measures end of course achievement, Example unit test, high stakes test, Standardized achievement test.

Large Scale Assessmetns

Test that should be designed for the specific purpose that they are intended to serve and for the population that they will measure. Generated considerable controversy

Formative Assessment

Test used to monitor students progress during instruction

Reliability

The degree to which assessment results are consistent from one measurement (or assessment) to another.

Learning

The process through which students apply knowledge beyond basic facts and procedures examples descriptive writing

Ethics

an area of study that deals with ideas about what is good and bad. a branch of philasophy dealing with what is morally right or wrong.

Rubrics

an objective set of guidelines that define the criteria used to score or grade assignment

Classroom Assessment Techniques CAT

are simple methods to gauge what new knowledge students have absorbed understood applied series of informal research tools and practices designed to give teachers accurate information about the quality of student learning

Performance assessment

stress the actual doing of the tasks

Differentiated instruction

teachers adjust their curriculum and instruction to maximize the learning of all students ...English, struggling and students with disabilities as well as gifted and talented students.

Assessment in the Instruction Process

teachers need to plan for assessment during planning for instruction. At the beginning of instruction, During instruction, at the end of instruction

Placement Assessment

test given at the beginning of a course or unit that covers the prerequisite skills

Process

the activities students use to master the content

Content

the knowledge and skills students need to master

Product

the method students use to demonstrate learning

Code of Professional Responsibilities in Educational Measurement

to inform and remind those involved in educational assessments of their obligation to uphold the integrity of the manner in which assessments are developed , used, evaluated and markedted

Achievement Assessments

used to determine the degree to which individuals have learned through the intended learning outcome of instruction. Includes paper and pencil and performance

Diagnostic Assessment

when student learning problems are so persistent that they cannot resolved by the corrective prescription of formative assessments, a more intensive study of the students learning difficulties is called for.

Teachers standards of Student Assessment

focus on their competence in selecting assessment methods, administering and scoring them, interpreting and using assessment results, preparing valid grades, communicating assessment results, and recognizing inapporpriate assessment methods and uses of assessment information.

Formal

large scale, assessment at the school district and state, national and international level: standardized test.

National Defense Act (NDEA)

poured millions of dollars into creating new curricula for math and science public school programs

Performance Assessment

requies students to demonstrate their achievement of understanding and skills by actually doing the task. (writing a story, speech, operating machine or experiment)

Individuals with Disabilites Education Act (IDEA)

requires states to include children with special needs in general state and district-wide assessment programs, with appropriate accommondations where necessary and to report annually on the participation rates, performance and progress of studdents with disabilites.

General Responsibilites Professional in eight major areas based on NCME

1, Protect the health, 2, be knowledgeable about behave in compliance with state and federal laws 3, Maintain and improve their professional competence in educational assessment 4, Provide assessment services only in areas of competence and experience, 5, Promote the understanding of sound assessment practices in education. 6. Adhere to the highest standards of conduct and promote professionally responsible conduct within educational institutions and agencies. &. PERFORM ALL PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITES WITH HONESTY< INTEGRITY AND DUE CARE< AND FAIRNESS

The Code of Fair Testing Practices in Education

Major obligation to test takes of professional who develop or used education tests. Meat to apply broadly to the use of tests in education (admission, educational assessment, education......

Self-Assessment

Process of student using specific criteria to evaluate and reflect on their own work

Blooms Revised taxonomy

Provides a useful framework for identifying and preparing instructional objectives instructional activities and assessment methods. The revised version is two dimensional

Training

Refers to the narrow form of learning examples are task such as names of presidents or using map keys

How do teachers evaluate performance?

Rubrics: Holistisc ( each is very different) Analytical (specfic directions) Portfolios, Self-Assessment

Growth

The amount of individual improvement over time

Validity

The extent to which inference made from assessment results are appropriate, meaningful and useful in terms of the purpose for the assessment.

NCLB Act

To improvement of educational achievement of economically disavantaged and minority childern including those who are english as additional language. To close the achievemnt gap especially between minority students

Performance assessment May focus on the following

a procedure, a product, or both

Differentiated Product

assess the same concept or skill for each student at the end of a unit...teachers offer students a variety of ways to demonstrate their knowledge with clear directions

Profolios

collection of work samples that represent the students performance over a period of time

System of Assessments

designed strategically to offer information for distinctive purposes to different audiences students parents teachers and administrators and policymakers at the classroom school district and state level

Habits

participation behavior effort attendance