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The most feared word in higher education………. Assessment. Definitions. What are you going to do with the assessment data?. Summative Formative. Assessment targets. Individuals, Assignments, Learning activity Courses, Programs, Institutions.
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What are you going to do with the assessment data? • Summative • Formative
Assessment targets • Individuals, • Assignments, • Learning activity • Courses, • Programs, • Institutions. • Assessment at a point in time v. longitudinal assessment
How do you collect the information? • Direct Assessment of Learning • Gathers evidence, based on student performance, which demonstrates the learning itself. • Indirect Assessment of Learning - • Gathers reflection about the learning or secondary evidence of its existence. Ex. Student survey asking about development of cultural awareness • Embedded Assessment – • A means of gathering information about student learning that is built into and a natural part of the teaching-learning process.
Validity – A measure of how well an assessment relates to what students are expected to have learned. A valid assessment measures what it is supposed to measure and not some peripheral features. • Reliability – A measure of the constancy of scoring outcomes over time or over many evaluators. A test is considered reliable if the same answers produce the same score no matter when and how the scoring is done.
Assessing learning • Objective tests • Pre/Post tests • Rubrics • Classroom assignments • Skills competency • Student Portfolios • Audio taping • Video taping
Assessing learning development • Bloom’s taxonomy • SOLO taxonomy
Is one test/tool good enough?? • Triangulation or mixed methods
How will your data be analyzed??It depends • Qualitative • Quantitative
