| Assessment Validity Reliability Formative Assessment Summative Assessment Formal Assessment Informal Assessment Traditional Assessment Alternative Assessment Norm-referenced Test Criterion-referenced Test Self-reference test | Assessment is the process by which educators determine the level of students' learning. ¨ 1an indication of how well an assessment actually measures what it is supposed to measure ¨ Validity is achieved if the assessment given to students could determine if they acquired the specific objectives of the course ¨ 1an indication of the consistency of scores across evaluators or over time ¨ 2Reliability is a necessary but not sufficient condition for validity ¨ There is consistency in the results of the assessment over time ¨ 3or diagnostic testing is a range of formal and informal assessment procedures employed by teachers during the learning process in order to modify teaching and learning activities to improve student attainment ¨ The teacher gives feedbacks after tests/assessments during the course ¨ 4(or summative evaluation) refers to the assessment of the learning and summarizes the development of learners at a particular time. ¨ measures what students learned by the end of a program or grade level; ex. Final exams, board exams ¨ 5also known as standardized assessments, measure overall student achievement as compared to other students ¨ Data-driven assessments ¨ Examples: Scholastic aptitude tests ¨ 5Informal assessments, also known as criterion-referenced measures or performance-based measures, are driven by content and performance, rather than data ¨ Examples: homeworks, essays ¨ 6students choose a response from a given list ¨ Examples: matching type, multiple choice tests, true or false ¨ 6Alternative assessment is any type of assessment in which students create a response to a question or task ¨ Performance based ¨ Examples: essays, portfolios, short oral Q & A’s ¨ 7identifies whether the test taker performed better or worse than other test takers ¨ Examinee vs. other examinees ¨ 8test score identifies the relationship to the subject matter ¨ Examinee vs. the subject ¨ 9the practice of assessing present performance against the prior performance of the person being assessed ¨ Also known as Ipsative Assessment ¨ Examinee vs. previous self |
References:
1 http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/methods/assment/as5relia.htm
2 http://www.creative-wisdom.com/teaching/assessment/reliability.html
3 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formative_assessment#cite_note-crooks2001-1
4 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summative_assessment
5 http://www.ehow.com/info_8602405_difference-between-formal-summative-assessment.html#ixzz2LRg5METm
6 http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/methods/assment/as8lk30.htm
7 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norm-referenced_test
8 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criterion-referenced_assessment
9 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipsative_assessment
1 http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/methods/assment/as5relia.htm
2 http://www.creative-wisdom.com/teaching/assessment/reliability.html
3 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formative_assessment#cite_note-crooks2001-1
4 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summative_assessment
5 http://www.ehow.com/info_8602405_difference-between-formal-summative-assessment.html#ixzz2LRg5METm
6 http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/methods/assment/as8lk30.htm
7 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norm-referenced_test
8 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criterion-referenced_assessment
9 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipsative_assessment
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