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We Teach How We Test: How Technology Enhanced Assessments Are Changing the Face of Instruction

We Teach How We Test: How Technology Enhanced Assessments Are Changing the Face of Instruction. Ms. Jane Miller, QAI dr. Les SewAll , QAI Ms. Jennifer Dugan, MDE Dr. Timothy Vansickle, QAI. Overview. The concept and meaning of “form follows function” Examples of this concept in education

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We Teach How We Test: How Technology Enhanced Assessments Are Changing the Face of Instruction

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  1. We Teach How We Test: How Technology Enhanced Assessments Are Changing the Face of Instruction Ms. Jane Miller, QAI dr. Les SewAll, QAI Ms. Jennifer Dugan, MDE Dr. Timothy Vansickle, QAI

  2. Overview • The concept and meaning of “form follows function” • Examples of this concept in education • Technology enhanced items as a possible model • Implications of new accessibility standards, e.g., APIP • Implications for teaching, learning, assessment, technology, and psychometrics

  3. Form and Function • Assessment activities = classroom activities • Writing prompts  Writing practice • Performance events  Scenario-based assignments and problem-based learning • Evidence-based responses  Research-based learning • Computer adaptive testing  Computer adaptive learning • Digital testing environments  Digital learning environments

  4. Technology = More Technology • Technology = Technology Enhanced Items (TEIs) and more • Interactions that involve decision making and higher levels of cognitive processing • New environments and tools • Appropriate for the age and population • Facilitate teaching, learning, and assessing

  5. TEI as a Model • Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (Smarter Balanced) • Templates • Partnership for Assessing Readiness for College and Career (PARCC) • Item Types • Enhanced Assessment System (EAS) • Interactions

  6. TEIs as a Model • Minnesota Science Test • Science simulations on statewide assessments • Consistent with classroom experiences

  7. MN Science Sample Item

  8. Technology Standards • Online (assessment) tools • Assistive devices • APIP • Making “accommodations” obsolete

  9. Implications for Teaching and Testing • Is a new and novel test item valid if students are not taught in that manner? • How does teaching change to accommodate the technology that may be used in testing? • What psychometric challenges appear due to these new technologically enhanced tests? • How are the items scored? • What measurement model(s) apply?

  10. Challenges and Opportunities • Variety of interactions, platforms, and tools • Tablets, iPads, programs • Commonalities that we might teach to • 3 T’s – Teacher Technology Training • Resources come from the oddest sources … • Cost and accessibility • Build partnerships

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