Chapter 4: Measurement, Assessment, and Program Evaluation

1. Chapter 4:Measurement, Assessment, and Program Evaluation PED 383: Adapted Physical Education Dr. Johnson

2. Terminology • Measurement • The process of collecting data on the property or attribute of interest • Evaluation (Assessment) • The process of interpreting the measurement data and making a judgment by comparing results with predetermined criteria or objectives.

3. Standards • Norm based • Comparison of one students performance against the performance of others from a particular peer group with similar characteristics. • Criterion Based • Comparison of individual scores to some absolute level of mastery or predetermined criterion.

4. Testing • Standardized • Implementing previously established test procedures and protocols in controlled environments in order to objectively collect data. • Alternative • Gathering of data through a variety of testing means and environmental conditions. (can be done in different ways) • Authentic • Testing in real world environments.

5. Alternative testing • Checklist • Presence or absence of behaviors (list) • Rubric • Rating scales that distinguish levels of performance or skill through clear performance criteria • Task Anaylsis (SAMs • Portfolios • Collection of exhibits

6. Best testing method? • Synthesis of the two • Authentic • Alternative

7. Need for testing and assessment in Adapted PE • Increasing motivation • Determine Strengths and weaknesses • Classifying students • Determining the degree of achievement • Evaluation instruction and programs • Predicting success • Conducting research • Criteria • Low motor Development • Low motor Skill performance • Low health related fitness

8. Social Skills measurement • Social skills = affective skills • A = Appropriate = always meets criteria • NI = Needs Improvement = Sometimes meets criteria • I = Inappropriate = Never meets criteria

9. State and District requirements • Must meet one of three options: • 1. Participation in the same standardized tests • 2. Appropriate accommodations are provided • 3. Alternative test is given.

10. Types of instruments • Milani-Comparetti Motor Development Screening test for infants and young children • Peabody Developmental Motor Scales • Test of Gross Motor Development – 2 • Sport Skills Program Guides • Brockport Physical Fitness Test • Activitygram

11. Milani-Comparetti Motor Development Screening test for infants and young children • Reflexes and reactions • Measures motor development until 24 months • Relatively easy to administer • 27 items • 9 spontaneous behaviors • 18 evoked responses • 5 primitive reflexes • 13 other reflexes.

12. Peabody Developmental Motor Scales • Rudimentary Movements • Gross and fine motor skills to 83 months • Reflexes, stationary balance, locomotion, object manipulation, grasping and visual motor integration • Larger sample of areas addressed • More information • More detail

13. Test of Gross Motor Development – 2 • Fundamental Movements • Gross motor in Pre-school and early elementary • Locomotor (6 items) and object control (6 items) tested. • Very accurately reflect abilities

14. Sport Skills Program Guides • Specialized Activity Movements • Compliment existing evaluations • Guides for testing 29 sports (not actually tests given). • Convenient testing • Not reliable of valid

15. Brockport Physical Fitness Test • Health related physical fitness • 27 test items • Body composition, Aerobic functioning and musculoskeletal functioning (muscular strength, endurance and flexibility) • Similar to Fitnessgram (easy to use)

16. Activitygram • Physical Activity • Associated with Fitnessgram • Records, analyzes and saves activity data • Can produce reports • Easy to use with Adapted PE • Must have good memory of previous days.

17. Program Evaluation • MUST constantly re-evaluate your own program • Definitions of various terms • Disabilities • Programming • Support • Effectiveness • Testing • Guidelines for inclusion • IEP team