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Chapters 5

Chapters 5. Formal Assessment. Formal Measures. Assess isolated skills Cannot capture the process Not authentic Rarely consider attitudes or habits Measure low level skills. Characteristics of Formal Tests. Reliability – how stable the test scores are.

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Chapters 5

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  1. Chapters 5 Formal Assessment

  2. Formal Measures • Assess isolated skills • Cannot capture the process • Not authentic • Rarely consider attitudes or habits • Measure low level skills

  3. Characteristics of Formal Tests • Reliability – how stable the test scores are. • Can you repeat the test and get the same result • Validity – does it measure what we think it measures?

  4. Distribution of test scores • Normal Distribution – the bell curve • P. 152 • Skewed distribution – p. 153 • Mode – frequency of scores • Median – the center point • Range – lowest to highest • Standard Deviation – p. 154

  5. Forms of Test Scores • Grade-Equivalent Scores – Student correctly answered the same number of questions as the average ___ grader in the ____ month of the ____ year. • NOT AN INSTRUCTIONAL LEVEL • If this is an 4th grade test and you did as well as a 12th grader would do on a 4th grade test, it does not mean you are at the 12th grade level. • Percentile Scores – 1-99 • Relative performance compared with a normed group. • Stanines – “standard nines” Range is divide into 9 sections.

  6. Norm Referenced Tests • Achievement Tests – MAT, CTBS, Standford, CAT

  7. Criterion Referenced Tests • Measure progress towards a goal or criteria • Basic example…spelling test • Everyone can earn “100”

  8. Benchmarks and Rubrics • Benchmark – behavior standards and academic standards • Describe what students are expected to do • Used more broadly in our area to measure a yardstick by which all are measured.

  9. State Standards and Assessments • Common Core State Standards • PSSA • Keystones

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