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ASSESSMENT

ASSESSMENT. Test-Taking Simulation. A Test. Standardized Tests. Common High Stakes Tests. GRE SAT ACT LSAT MSAT PPST NAEP. Formal Assessment. Purposes: Compare groups Screen Students Referral to special programs. Other Aspects of Formal Assessment. Norm-Referenced

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ASSESSMENT

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  1. ASSESSMENT Test-Taking Simulation

  2. A Test

  3. Standardized Tests

  4. Common High Stakes Tests • GRE • SAT • ACT • LSAT • MSAT • PPST • NAEP

  5. Formal Assessment • Purposes: • Compare groups • Screen Students • Referral to special programs

  6. Other Aspects of Formal Assessment • Norm-Referenced • Survey • Commercially Developed by Large Publishing Companies • Group Administered • Silent Reading

  7. Formal Assessment Limitations • No functional reading levels • (independent, instructional, frustration) • No diagnostic information (re: decoding, self-correction, retelling etc.) • Low content validity • Timed tests

  8. Standardized Reading Tests • Typically test: • General vocabulary • Comprehension • Reading rate

  9. Example of a Standardized Test Item (general vocabulary) • So few people spoke to him after he betrayed his friend that he was virtually a PARIAH. PARIAH means: a. nomad b. outlaw c. snob d. outcast

  10. Informal Assessment • Criterion-Referenced • Diagnostic • Often teacher made • Group or individual • Silent or oral

  11. Performance Assessments • Often linked to state standards • Keyed to demonstrable outcomes in learning • Designed to demonstrate some level of performance often based on a rubric (4=hi level performance; 1=low level)

  12. Performance Test Simulation • Ramen anticipation-reaction guide

  13. Portfolios • Show progress and performance • Student-centered in terms of selecting items to include • Useful in conferencing about reading and writing progress • Well regarded in many fields

  14. Why Are Portfolios Used Infrequently? • Time • False beliefs in high stakes testing • Fast times (our postmodern culture) • Subjective judgements vs. psuedo-scientific quantification of performance • The testing lobby

  15. Rubrics • See rubric websites you can customize to fit your classroom needs: • RubricStar and others (Google or Bing.com) to locate these • Also see: ReadWriteThink site for specific lesson plans and Rubrics

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