Measuring Student Learning Flashcards
Define High-Quality Assessments
An assessment that provides valid, reliable, and fair results.
What is validity?
Trustworthiness of the assessment results. This should take into consideration the test-taker population and ensure the test is equitable.
What is the difference between reliability and subjectivism?
Reliability refers to consistency, multiple-choice is highly reliable. Subjective refers to the interpretation of the test-taker and grader, short answer responses are subjective.
Describe assessment alignement.
Assessment alignment refers to the assessment and questions within aligning to curriculum and learning targets. If concepts within the assessment were not covered within the instruction then the assessment is not aligned.
How can we increase the content validity of an assessment?
By ensuring that the tested skill and content match instruction. For example, if the objective was to compare and contrast the test question should have students compare and contrast as well.
Explain Blooms Taxonomy
There are three learning domains cognitive, affective, and psychomotor.
Explain Webbs Taxonomy
Webb categorizes learning into four sections e recall and reproduction, skills and concepts, strategic thinking, and extended thinking.
What is an alignment table?
An assessment alignment table ensures that course goals have a learning objective and assessment. The course goal, objective, and assessment should go together building off of one another.
What is a table of specifications/blueprint?
A testing blueprint or specifications aligns each item within a test to a learning objective and DOK level.
What are some ways we can create a Higher-Order Multiple-Choice question?
Ensure that all answers are similar in format. Exclude obvious incorrect answers. Avoid combination answers including all or none of the above. Exclude clues or hints within the sentence stem.
Explain why a scenario-based multiple-choice question can elevate the DOK.
Students must read and analyze the scenario before identifying the correct answer. This may be a challenge for ESL students.
What can include within a multiple-choice question to increase the DOK?
Scenarios, maps, charts, tables, diagram, reading passage
How can I assess an essay response?
Using a rubric or grading criteria allows for less interpretation or subjectivism.
What is performance-based learning?
An assessment that requires the learner to create a product based around a scenario or example.
What are some examples of performance-based learning?
Creating a solution to a common problem, recording a play or commercial on a given assessment topic.
