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Assessment - Coggle Diagram
Assessment
Ways to Assess
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Cumulative assessments (tests that score all learning material (William, 2010).
Formative assessments (assessing during teaching) (William, 2010).
Giving and improving based on feedback (William, 2010).
Early assessments: used to collect information about students (Airasian & Russell, 2008).
Instructional assessments: see evidence of work that has been done and used to later alter lessons (Airasian & Russell, 2008).
Summative assessments: used for grading (Airasian & Russell, 2008).
Performance tasks like projects, journals, etc (Airasian & Russell, 2008)
Formal vs. Informal (Airasian & Russell, 2008).
Oral questioning techniques (Airasian & Russell, 2008).
Standardized and nonstandardized tests (Airasian & Russell, 2008).
Purposes
To decide whether they're ready for the next stage of education (William, 2010). Important for decision making.
To hold schools accountable for their students' learning (William, 2010).
To understand student prior knowledge. Assesses what they know, understand, and can do (Huba & Freed, 2000).
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To meet state standards, district standards, and classroom standards.
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Ethical Practices
Important to factor in SES and ethnicity, and other background before holding schools accountable for test scores (William, 2010).
Make assessments valid. Make sure you're gathering information on what you're measuring, and that they're measuring performance accurately (Popham, 2009).
Make sure questions are clear, fair, and accurate (Popham, 2009).
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Limitations
Students often remember information prior to the assessment, then when assessment is over, there is no incentive to remember what they have learned (William, 2010).
Students only try to remember what they know will be on an assessment (William, 2010).