Why Item Analyses In Assessment Are So Important
Item analyses in assessment are important because they offer insight into what a student actually understands.
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8 Common Grading Mistakes Most Teachers Should Avoid
Our system of letter grades is a lot of work for teachers and punishes some students. Here are 8 grading mistakes teachers should avoid.
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Assessment Design: A Matrix To Assess Your Assessments
Assessment matrixes can be used by teachers to think about rigor when designing assessments to think more clearly about cognitive demand.
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The True Purpose Of Testing in School
Beginning with the end (stating what the goal of a learning experience should be) can ease the ambiguity of assessment’s role in the process.
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Let’s Focus On Local Assessment
Let’s Focus On Local Assessment by Grant Wiggins, Authentic Education If you agree that the track we are going down on high-stakes one-shot testing of every student in terms of Common Core is unproductive and unsustainable, I have a modest proposal to make about how to ditch the tests but move Common Core standards forward. Let’s use…
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27 Ways To Assess Background Knowledge
The purpose of assessing background knowledge is not to get everyone on the “same page,” but to make what a student knows visible.
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3 Questions To Consider Before You Give A Test
3 Questions To Consider Before You Give A Test by Judy Willis M.D., M.Ed., radteach.com What should a test “do”? We know that tests limited to rote memorization are inappropriate when used as a primary source of grading or evaluation of understanding. However, that doesn’t mean it has to be that way–especially if they precede instruction and provide…
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It’s The Goal Of The Question That Matters
Few understand what validity means in assessment and how it is determined. This confusion leads to various unhappy and important consequences.
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The Definition Of Authentic Assessment For Learning
A ‘real-world’ assessment is meant to focus on the impact of one’s work in real or realistic–and often ‘messy’–contexts.
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What Standardized Tests In School Actually Measure
In a recent study, researchers examined the relationship between student cognition and school achievement as measured on standardized tests.
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3 Statements That Describe Rigorous Assessment
There are (at least) 3 aspects of rigorous assessments: appropriateness, purpose, and promotion of understanding.
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The Challenges Of Data Collection In The Classroom?
How do we display data so that it is accessible? If teachers are given this data, what do they with it to improve outcomes for students?
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Are Midterms Really Necessary In A Climate Of Assessment?
Are Midterms Really Necessary In A Climate Of Assessment? by Dawn Casey-Rowe, Social Studies Teacher It’s time for midterms. I hate midterms. They take up so much time–several days of review, a week of administering, and then all the correcting. To top it off, they place students in a high-anxiety environment. I feel like I’m…
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A Teacher’s Guide To Performance Assessment
There are many forms of performance tasks: short and long constructed response, drawings and videos, interview.
