TOPIC 1 Flashcards
Introduction to Educational Testing and Assessment
assessment is rooted in latin word _______
“assidere”
“assidere” in latin means
to sit beside another
________ can be defined as the systematic and purpose-
oriented collection, analysis, and interpretation of evidence of student learning to make informed decisions relevant to the learners.
assessment
______ be defined as the process of quantifying the
attributes of an object.
Measurement
_______ may refer to the process of making value judgments on the
information collected from measurement based on specified criteria.
evaluation
The most common form of assessment is ________
testing
[TYPES]
assessment activities that provide
information to both teachers and learners on how they can improve the teaching-learning process.
Formative assessment
[TYPES]
administered at the end of instruction for the purpose of certifying mastery or assigning grades.
Summative assessment
[TYPES]
This assessment is typically comprehensive in coverage and includes both tests and performance assessments.
Summative assessments
[TYPES]
aims to detect the learning problems or difficulties of the learners so that corrective measures or interventions
are done to ensure learning.
Diagnostic test
Diagnostic assessments is usually done when
after seeing signs of learning problems while teaching
[TYPES]
done at the beginning of the school year to determine what the learners already know or what are their needs that could inform the design of instruction.
Placement Assessment
Entrance exams given in schools is an example of what type of assessment
Placement assessment
[TYPES]
the use of conventional strategies or tools to provide information about the learning of students. Typically, objective (e.g., multiple-choice) and subjective (e.g., essay) paper-and pencil tests are used.
Traditional assessment
[TYPES]
assessments that stress the importance of focusing on the application of understandings and skills to real problems in “real-world” contextual settings.
authentic assessment
[Measurement Framework]
also known as true score theory
Classical test theory
[Measurement Framework]
explains that variations in the performance of examinees on a given measure are due to variations in their abilities
Classical test theory
[Measurement Framework]
Xo = Xtrue + Xerror
Classical test theory / True score theory
[Measurement Framework]
also known as latent response theory
Item response theory
[Measurement Framework]
analyzes test items by estimating the probability that an examinee answers an item correctly or incorrectly. attempts to explain the relationship between latent traits (unobservable characteristic or attribute) and their manifestations (i.e. observed outcomes, responses or performance).
Item response theory
Principles in assessing learning (give at least 4/8)
- should have a clear purpose
- is not an end in itself
- ongoing, continuous, formative process
- learner-centered
- both process and product-oriented
- must be comprehensive and holistic
-requires the use of appropriate measures - ## should be as authentic as possible
