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Fail me but do it fairly

Fail me but do it fairly. What makes high quality assessment?. What is the main question to answer according to MM? How does the assessment affect students’ learning?. What makes high quality assessment?. What are the criteria according to MM? Clear/appropriate targets

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Fail me but do it fairly

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  1. Fail me but do it fairly

  2. What makes high quality assessment? • What is the main question to answer according to MM? • How does the assessment affect students’ learning?

  3. What makes high quality assessment? • What are the criteria according to MM? • Clear/appropriate targets • Appropriate assessment methods • Validity • Reliability • Fairness • Positive Consequences • Practicality and Efficiency • Which of these is the most important?

  4. Appropriate Assessments - Matching • Do you agree with these ratings? Why or why not?

  5. Scenarios • Objective: Students will be able to conjugate the present tense correctly in simple conversations related to their family. • What kind of assessment would you use? • Objective: Students will grasp the differences between North American cultural perspective on time and the Mexican perspective on time. • What kind of assessment would you use?

  6. Types of tests - Goals • Proficiency test • Tests general skill in language. • What is proficiency? • Sufficient skill to use lang. in particular setting/way • Could you be a UN translator? • I hear, there’s a test for that.

  7. Types of tests - Goals • Achievement Test • Directly related to lang. course • Final or Progress • Two approaches, • Syllabus/content . . . . OR • Course Objectives • Benefits, forces us to have good objectives, • Over time benefits students

  8. Types of tests - Goals • Diagnostic • Placement • What you don’t know can hurt you. • Super long • Examples??? • What class should I take? • Similar to what other test? • Like achievement test but for several courses • Objectives from several courses

  9. Types of tests – Direct/Indirect • Direct • Indirect • What’s might a direct test of speaking look like? • Direct test of listening? • What would an indirect test of speaking be like?

  10. Types of tests – Output/Scoring • Norm Referenced • Indirect • What do the results of this kind of test tell you? • How normal or abnormal you are. • What do the results of this kind of test tell you? • What standard you reached. • Examples??????

  11. Types of tests – Output/Scoring • Objective • Subjective • What are some examples of each of these? • What is the OPI ob or sub?

  12. Fun with Matching • A. This test is used to determine what class students should take. • B. A chapter test is usually what kind of test? • C. Students have taken a test after joining the Marines. It tells the drill sergeant what percentage of students scored below a given recruit. • D. A test in a FL class tells general skill level without regards to other students. • E. A test contains multiple choice items exclusively. It is a(n) _______ test? • E1. These two kinds of tests are similar in their emphasis of course objectives. • F. Norm-referenced • G. Subjective • H. Criterion-referenced • I. Achievement • J. Proficiency • K. Objective • L. Placement

  13. Final OPI in 101-206 • Which of these apply to the above test? • Norm-referenced • Subjective • Criterion-referenced • Achievement • Proficiency • Objective • Placement

  14. Activity • In this activity you will examine information about various tests and answer the following questions: • Which of the items to the left apply to a given test? • When would it be appropriate to use this test? • http://www.cal.org/CALWebDB/FLAD/ • Using the search menuSelect a test that sounds interesting and answer the questions above. • Do this for three tests. • You may be asked to share what you found with the class. • Norm-referenced • Subjective • Criterion-referenced • Achievement • Proficiency • Objective • Placement

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