Unit 6

Question 1

Planning Summative Assessment

Answer 1

First step is to review initial ideas in line of the criteria for ensuring high quality assessment

Question 2

Additional considerations in constructuring classroom summative assessment

Answer 2

1. Are representative sample of what has been learned.
2. Length and number offices men to whether you should use test provided by publisher.
3. How students should be prepared for the assessment when the assessment should be schedule.
4. When you should construct the assessment.

Question 3

1. Representative Sampling

Answer 3

Select is sample of what students should know and then assume that the way they respond to sample of items is typical of how they would respond to additional items of the entire domain

Question 4

2. Use Assessment Blueprint

Answer 4

It indicates what students are responsible for learning

When assessment items are based on this outline, there is a greater likelihood that the sampling will be reasonable

Question 5

3. Number and Length of Assessment

Answer 5

The next step is to decide how many separate assessment will be given and the lengths of each one

(Avoiding speed test)

Question 6

4. Grade Level

Answer 6

The age of the student and the length of their classes are important considerations
(Young shorter attention span the older the lounger)

• Kindergarten and first grades students assessment usually last only 5 to 10 minutes
• Later elementary grades assessment typically last between 15 and 30 minutes
• Secondary students last 30-50 minutes

Question 7

5. Types of Item

Answer 7

The length of time it takes student to complete an assessment is the type of item used and the cognitive level of thinking needed to answer the question.

Short
Multiple choice
True/False
Identification
Matching type

Longer
Essay
Case analysis
Draw/sketch

Question 8

Factors affecting the length

Answer 8

Grade level
Cognitive level
Item type
Class period

Question 9

Use of assessment provided by text book and test publishers and school districts

Question 10

Preparing students for classroom summative assessment

Answer 10

Checklist

• teacher assessment taking and test wiseness skills
• familiarize students with test length, format and type of question
• teach to the test (do not teach the test)
• share the assessment blueprint
• review before assessment
• tell students when the assessment is scheduled and how long it will take the complete
• make sure students have the technical skills needed to be proficient with digitally administered test

Question 11

1. Assessment- taking skills and testwiseness

Answer 11

Testwiseness- the ability to identify clues poorly written items that make it easier to obtain the right answer often without any knowledge of the content.

List of testwiseness skills
- grammatical clue
- same words used in the stem and correct alternative
- longer alternative the correct one
- one alternative includes all the others
- pattern of placing correct choices second or third
- use of “always” for incorrect alternatives

Question 12

2. Item Type and Format

Answer 12

Making sure that students are familiar with the format and type of the questions and response that will be needed on the test.

• use examples in class
• give practice test
• announce the date of the examination

Question 13

3. Assessment Anxiety

Answer 13

The emotional tightness and difficulty.
(Little anxiety= motivates and facilitate good performance/ Excessive anxiety= can be a big problem)

Question 14

Few procedures to mitigate assessment anxiety

Answer 14

1. Gives students feedback on their performance to help them realize assessment will faster further learning
2. Arrange test items from easy to hard
3. Give plenty of time to complete assessment
4. Minimize interactions and other distractions
5. Avoid threatening students if they do poorly
6. Avoid unrealistically high expectations or expecting perfect performance
7. Avoid severely navigate negative consequences if students perform poorly

Question 15

When to Construct Summative Assessment ssessment

Question 16

Putting Summative Assessment Together

1. Preparing assessment directions

Answer 16

Assessment direction should include the following
1. Purpose
2. Time allowed for completing the test
3. Basis for responding
4. Procedures for recording answers
5. What to do about guessing
6. How constructed response item will be scored

Question 17

2. Item arrangement

Answer 17

• aranging items by level of difficulty (from easy to difficult)
• keep all item that use the same format together
  (First binary choices, then multiple choice and lastly short answer items)
• customize to the age of the students

Question 18

3. Physical layout

Answer 18

• all the information needed to answer and item should be on the same page (avoid having part of an item on one page and the rest of the item on the other page)
• do not crowd too many items on a page
• the format of the test should enhance scoring accuracy and efficiency

Question 19

Administering Summative Assessments

Answer 19

• environment needs to be conducive to maximize students performance
• arrange an assessment to both discourage and prevent cheating

Question 20

1. Use of Summative Assessments

Answer 20

Whole class analysis- used to understand how the students as a group are performing

Subgroup analysis help the teacher answer the following questions:
How did each group of student perform?

Are there differences between different groups?

Are students within the group showing similarity of responses?

Are there differences among high medium and law achieving students?

Do you students to turn to be more global in the learning style achieve differently from students who have analytic cleaning style?

Or there any differences among students based on race/ ethnicity gender and social economics status?