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