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There are few words that provoke as strong of a reaction amongst young and old alike as when an instructor says, “I’m going to test you on that.” However, the way that many students and instructors view assessments is flawed. By identifying these flaws, you can stand to take the stress out of assessments for you and your students.
Whether you work with low-stakes assessments, small-scale classroom assessments or large-scale, high-stakes assessment, Austin Fossey will help you understand and apply some basic principles of item development that will enhance the quality of your results. Check out part one of the series.
Do you trust the results of your test? Like many questions in psychometrics, the answer is that it depends. Read more from Psychometrician Austin Fossey on the faith we put in the testing body in order to have trustworthy assessment results.
Assessment thought leader and Questionmark Chairman John Kleeman takes into consideration test security, measurement error, retakes, test preparation and fairness when looking at how many attempts to allow at a certification assessment measuring competence and mastery. You can read his thoughts and recommendations in this blog post.
This blog post by assessment thought leader Jim Farrell takes a look at how to use Job Task Analysis to create a test that has valid results. You can read the post and see examples of JTA.
Assessments will always be part of learning - but why conform to the boring text-based multiple-choice format?
It’s common to use only one type of assessment in your classes. Here's six alternative assessment types you can add to your “bag of tricks” as a teacher.
Testing, especially any sort of standardized testing tends to get a bad rap. Teachers complain that they spend too much time teaching to a test. But assessments do have value, and an important place in our learning structure. By measuring what students are learning, we as teachers can look at how we are approaching different subjects, materials, and even different students. The handy infographic below takes a look at different types of assessments and their attributes and questions. Keep readin
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