Assessment

This type of assessment provides feedback and information during the instructional process, while learning is taking place.

• Summative

• Formative assessment

• feed back

• Pre tests

Select the principles for good assessment

• Authentic

• Unfair

• Engaging

• Manageable

• Inappropriate

Tips for marking assessment items

• Allocate more time than you expect

• Be mindful of 'marker drift'

• Mark the same question/section for all students

• Count the number of exams/assessment tasks that you have

Using the adapted 4Q Model for Evaluation of Assessment, there are four areas or 'quadrants' of possible feedback. These are...

• Self Reflection

• Peer Review

• Effectiveness and sustainability

• Student Experience

• Student Results

Assessments that are relevant and reflect what the student will do in the 'real world' are...

• Authentic

• Reliable

• Valid

• Fair

Reliability of assessment refers to...

• The equal opportunity for students to demonstrate the extent of their learning

• The balance between the time an assessment task will take to complete with the time students have available

• The extent a test measures what it claims to measure

• The accuracy and precision of measurement

Assessment is "Apropiate" when...

• Tasks are according to the stage or level of the course within the program.

• Balances the anticipated time an assessment task will take to complete with the time students have available

• Clearly sets out expectations for students with clear task descriptions

• Emotionally and/or cognitively engage students

This type of assessment is conducted at the end of an instructional period to evaluate student learning.

• A) Formative

• B) Summative

• C) Diagnostic

• D) Interim

Which of the following is a key characteristic of formative assessment?

• A) It is used for grading purposes

• B) It provides ongoing feedback

• C) It is conducted at the end of a course

• D) It is standardized

In the context of assessment, what does 'validity' refer to?

• A) The consistency of assessment results

• B) The fairness of the assessment

• C) The extent to which an assessment measures what it is supposed to measure

• D) The ease of administering the assessment