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Assessment . The least you need to know… Or Fail me but do it right…. Fun with Matching – With a partner figure out what kind of test are described in the first column. (Note: There can be more than one right answer.). A. . A. This test is used to determine what class students should take.
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Assessment The least you need to know… Or Fail me but do it right…
Fun with Matching – With a partner figure out what kind of test are described in the first column.(Note: There can be more than one right answer.) A. • A. This test is used to determine what class students should take. • B. A chapter test is usually what kind of test? • C. You take an exam to see if you could use Spanish as an FBI agent. • D. A fill in the blank vocab. quiz in a Spanish 101 class. • E. After a unit on Food and Eating, students are asked to play the part of a customer in a restaurant with another student who plays the part of a waiter. • A. Achievement • B. Proficiency • C. Prochievement • D. Performance Definitely A. Maybe C. or D. B. A. C. And D.
Fair and Good • What is validity? • Does it test what it says it will test? • TOEFL – Written, computer based test to determine if your English skills are good enough to go to a U.S. uni. • What is reliability? • Is it consistent?
Two basic - Options • Selected Response • Cierto/Falso • Matching • Multiple Choice • Constructed Response • Performance based • Short-Answer • Fill in blank, kind of
Two basic - Options • Selected Response • Cierto/Falso • Matching • Multiple Choice • What are the plusses and minuses of selected response? • Guessing • Hard to write • We want to trick students • May lack validity • Seen as more objective • Easy to score • Easier to administer • Very reliable
Two basic - Options • Constructed Response • Performance based • Short-Answer • Fill in blank, kind of • What are the plusses and minuses of Constructed response? • Less reliable/subjective • Time consuming • Harder to score • Eliminate guessing • More valid – “real world”
What kind of assessment would you use?-discuss briefly with a partner • You want to test students’ speaking skills at the end of the semester. • You want to know how well students can conjugate –er verbs in the present tense. • You want to know if students can write about past experiences. • You want to know if students can understand relatively simple texts about families and relationships. • Cierto/Falso • Matching • Multiple Choice • Performance based • Short-Answer • Fill in blank, kind of
Let’s Practice • Fill – in assessment • P. 379 and p. 409 • See the pages of the Brandl text above. • With a partner, look at the pages of the textbook provided by your teacher. • Then create a brief fill in the blanks assessment of 2-3 items. • Performance based assessment • P. 380 • See the pages of the Brandl text above. • With a partner, look at the pages of the textbook provided by your teacher. • Then create a brief performance based assessment.
Rubrics • Helps subjective scoring be more understandable. • Holistic v. analytic
Go back to the performance assessment you wrote previously. • See page 396. • With your partner try to write a rating scale using this process that would fit your prompt. slide