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Formal Assessment

Formal Assessment. Week 8. Formal Assessment. Criterion Referenced Tests (CRTs)

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Formal Assessment

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  1. Formal Assessment Week 8

  2. Formal Assessment Criterion Referenced Tests (CRTs) NRTs determines the rank of a student, however, help to determine what skills the student has. CRTs are not comparative tests. CRTs are used to determine mastery of skills. CRTs can be used to determine how well the students are learning a given curriculum or certain material. Or CRTs can be used to also determine how well a given teacher is teaching the information.

  3. Formal Assessment Criterion Referenced Tests CRTs test takers are being measure on a specific, defined, objective criteria. Criterion referenced tests aim to determine the level of competency of a person.

  4. Formal Assessment Ipsative Assessment This type of assessment compares a single student within the same domain or comparatively the same student in different domains.

  5. NRT To aid in the ranking of the test takers in comparison to others who also took the assessment. To aid in discriminating the different levels of achievement (high/low). CRT To determine whether or not the student has achieved mastery of certain, specific skills. To help the instructor/educator know the amount of information student know, learned or gained through an academic experience. Comparison of NRTs and CRTsPurpose

  6. NRT Broadly measures skills through information gathered through various resources including textbooks and curriculum experts. CRT Measures specific skills, these skills are determined by teacher, curriculum objectives and curriculum experts. Comparison of NRTs and CRTsContent

  7. NRT A few questions to assess a particular skill. Variable difficult for questions within a skill set. Questions help determine higher and lower levels of achievement. CRT Each skill assess individually by several questions, to gain an acquisition of the mastery level of the student. The difficulty of these questions are paralleled. Comparison of NRTs and CRTsCharacteristics

  8. NRT Each test taker is compared with other test takers Each test taker is assigned some type of achievement score. Scores report a broad level skills achievement. CRT Each test taker is compared with standards that are set prior to the examination. Each test taker receives a score. Scores are reported on individual skills. Comparison of NRTs and CRTsInterpretation

  9. Explain the different between NRTs, CRTs, and Ipsative assessment. What would be some of the benefits of the characteristics of CRTs? 3. Why would it be important to compare NRTs and CRTs? 4. When would you use either, CRTs or NRTs, in your ministry? 5. What would be reasons not to? Quick Quiz

  10. Assignments for Week 8 • Read PowerPoint notes • Read Ch. 16 and skim Ch. 1. • Master’s students: read 30-40 additional pages and use Reading Report Form • Take Week 8 Quiz • Write up: Do you think that norm referenced testing should be used in Christian education. Explain. (This is Journal 8 for online students.) • Begin working on writing assignment (see Week 9).

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