Traditional Assessment

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Traditional Assessment

• Kemberli Holmes

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Types of Traditional Tests

• Selected Response
• Multiple Choice
• True/False
• Matching
• Constructed Response
• Short-Answer
• Essays

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Selected Response True/False Questions

• Strategies
• Include only one central idea in each statement.
• Keep the statement short and use simple
  vocabulary.
• Word the statement precisely.
• Use negatives sparingly and avoid double
  negatives.
• Avoid extraneous clues to the answer.
• Santrock pgs 529-530

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Pros and Cons of T/F
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Selected Response Multiple Choice

• A multiple choice item consists of two parts the
  stem, and the possible set of answers.
• Incorrect responses are called distractors.

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Multiple Choice Strategies

• Write the stem as a question.
• Give three or four possible alternatives.
• State options positively when possible.
• Make stem long, and responses short.
• Alternatives should grammatically match the stem.
• Items should have a clearly defensible correct of
  best option.
• Vary the placement of correct answers.
• Beware of cues in length of the options.
• Dont overuse D All of the above.
• Dont use exact wording from textbook.
• Santrock pgs 531-32

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Multiple Choice Pros and Cons
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Matching Pros and Cons
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Constructed Response The Essay

• Specifiy limitations
• Structure and clarify the task
• Ask the question in a direct way

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Scoring the Essay

• Outline a plan of what constitutes a good essay.
• Devise a way to score essays without knowing
  which student wrote it.
• Evaluate answers to the same question together.
• Decide on policy for handling irrelevant
  information.
• Reread papers before returning them.
• Write comments on paper.
• Santrock pgs 534-35

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The purpose of assessment

• Current standardized tests serve everyone but the
  teacher or student.
• Assessment should be opportunity to enhance,
  empower, and celebrate students learning!
• (Lazear,1999)

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References

• Lazear, David. (1999). Multiple intelligence
  approaches to assessment solving the assessment
  condrum. Tucson, Arizona Zephyr Press.
• Santrock, John W. (2004). Educational
  psychology. (2nd ed.). Boston McGraw-Hill.
• Van de Walle, John A. (2004). Elementary and
  middle school mathematics teaching
  developmentally. (5th ed.) . USA Pearson.