Basic Definitions
Formative and Summative Assessment
Validity and Reliability
Assessment Potpourri
Classroom Procedures
100
"The process of collecting, synthesizing, and interpreting information to aid in decision making."
What is classroom assessment?
100
Assessment that is conducted during the process of learning. It is done to improve instructional programming and student learning outcomes.
What is the definition of formative assessment?
100
This answers the question, "Are we really measuring what we think we're measuring?"
What is validity?
100
Testing, measurement and evaluation all contribute to this process.
What is assessment?
100
This is the day and time of my office hours.
What is Tuesday at 2-4 pm?
200
“The process of quantifying or assigning a number to performance or trait.”
What is measurement?
200
Watching or listening to students carry out a specific activity, or how they react in given situations. It can involve a number of different scenarios, such as how they interact in groups, if they lose concentration, have puzzled looks on their faces, etc. It can be planned, such as during a read aloud, or informal, such as noticing a student struggling to complete a science experiment.
What is an observation?
200
This assessment property refers not to the assessment instrument itself, but to the decisions that are made using the information obtained from the assessment process.
What is validity?
200
This type of assessment is typically meant to be administered to a single classroom and single group of students.
What is nonstandardized assessment?
200
You will use this style in your assignments when you are referencing work from other sources.
What is APA?
300
This phase of assessment is done to "size up" students and is generally informal.
What is early assessment?
300
Used to elicit student responses in a specific area. Examples include, "Who can summarize yesterday’s discussion about womens role in the American Revolution?" or "Explain to me in your own words the life cycle of a butterfly."
What is oral questioning?
300
This is the consistency in measurement.
What is reliability?
300
These are the two key properties of good assessment.
What are validity and reliability?
300
For each day, one half of a letter grade will be subtracted from the grade that would have been assigned, if this happens.
What is handing in a late assignment?
400
This is a formal, systematic way of gathering information. While this is an important way to gather information, there are also other important methods, such as portfolios, projects, observations, etc.
What is testing?
400
Intended to be administered to students in many different classrooms under identical conditions of administration, scoring and interpretation. Regardless of where a student is taking the test, students are administered the same test, under the same conditions, with the same directions, and the same amount of time as all other students taking the test at that time
What is standardized assessment?
400
If I were to weigh myself on a scale and find that I'm 130 pounds, immediately get off and weigh myself on the same scale and find that I'm 275 pounds, my results are lacking this property.
What is reliability?
400
This is considered an ethical issue of classroom assessment. (Hint, there is more than one right answer).
What is that assessments should not interfere with student learning? What is that tests should not be used to disparage students? What is that we must be wary of biased estimates, such as those based on gender or SES? (Other responses from readings also acceptable).
400
This is where you should go if you ever need assistance in completing your assignments (such as writing, studying, or comprehending)
What is the Connors Family Learning Center?
500
Making judgments about whether something is good or desirable. For example, whether Stephanie can move to the next reading level group in language arts class is an example of this.
What is evaluation?
500
This type of assessment is done to evaluate (judge) student outcomes (grade students) and to judge effectiveness of the instruction
What is summative assessment?
500
While an assessment may be _______, decisions based on this information are not necessarily __________.
What is reliable, and what is valid?
500
Multiple choice, true-false and matching are all examples of ______ items, while fill in the blank, and short answer are examples of _______ items.
What is selection, and what is supply?
500
You are given an excused one of these. After two excused, you will be given an extra assignment. Three or more excused require you to talk to the Dean and possible failure of the course. Any unexcused will result in a lowered grade.
What is absence?
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