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Evaluation Overview - Basics
Purpose of Testing
Diagnostic Formative Summative
Targets of Testing
Knowledge Reasoning Skills Products Dispositions
Methods -1
Selection Items True-false Matching Multiple Choice
Methods -2
Supply Answers Completion Short Answer Essay
Methods -3
Performance Tests Performance of Understanding Performances of Expertise Professionalism
Methods -4
Direct Personal Communication Oral Exam Interview Conference Q & A Discussion Debate Observation
Quality Indicators
Clear Targets Proper Method Proper Sample: Representative from
which can be drawn Confident Inferences
Interference Controlled re Bias & Distortion
Clear Purpose
Referencing
Norm [peers, others] Criterion [standard, criteria] Self [improvement over time, progress]
Tools for Objectivity
Anecdotal records Checklists Rating scales Rubrics Exemplars
Methods of Organizing Testing
Assessment stations Individual assessments Group assessments Contracts Self- & peer-assessments Expert [Teacher] assessment Portfolios
Ongoing Student Activities
Written assignments Presentations Conferencing/interviewing Performance assessments Homework
Testing
sampling behavior to determine what is there
Measurement
Quantifying behavior to determine how much of the behavior is present
Assessment
Collecting & displaying the evidence to determine the patterns present
Evaluation
Making a judgment re the adequacy of the results
Bloom’s Taxonomy
Knowledge Comprehension Application Analysis Synthesis Evaluation
Wiggins Facets of Understanding
Explanation Interpretation Application Perspective Empathy Self-knowledge
Significant Understandings (Fink)
Foundational Knowledge Application Integration – Connecting Human Dimension – Knowledge of Self &
Others Motivation – Caring Learning How to Learn Metacognition – Thinking about Thinking
Assessment Continuum
Traditional Assessment Informal Checks for
Understanding Observation /
Dialogue Quiz / Test
Performance Assessments Academic Prompt Performance Task Authentic Task Long-Term Project Portfolio