Assessing Student Learning in Physical Education

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Assessing Student Learning in Physical Education

• KNR 242

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Assessment

• Process used to measure student outcomes/learning

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Uses of Assessment

• How much learning has occurred in a given time
  period
• Judge the quality of learning that has occurred
• Help with improvement of instruction

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What should we assess?

• That depends!
• Your philosophy
• Your objectives
• Purpose of assessment
• Standards (National, State, District)
• Societal expectations and events

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Traditional Assessment

• Teacher observations
• Standardized skills tests
• Fitness tests
• Written tests

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Traditional Assessment

• Advantages
• More objective
• Reliable and valid in some cases
• Usually designed by trained experts
• Software available

• Disadvantages
• Validity issues
• Not practical to administer
• Scores must be transformed into useable data to
  improve learning

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Alternative Assessment

• Group projects
• Presentations
• Activity logs
• Role-playing
• Portfolios
• Rubrics
• Checklists

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Alternative Assessment

• Advantages
• Flexible design
• Able to meet needs of diverse learners
• Fosters the ability to learn how to learn

• Disadvantages
• Difficult to create
• More time for students to complete
• More time for teachers to evaluate

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Authentic Assessment

• Assessments that occur during game play
• Application of learning
• Game-like situations

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Issues with Assessment

• Pre and Post Testing
• Compounding Errors
• Ceiling Effect
• Ability Levels
• Maturation
• Sandbagging
• Unit Length Concerns

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Designing Assessments

• ? Begin with the end in mind.
• ? Define the target assessment
• ? It looks good on paper, but does it work?
• ? Learn from using the rubric.

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Assessment Tips

• Be choosy
• Borrow others ideas
• Use self- and peer-assessments
• Use worksheets to report scores
• Use summative assessments when possible
• Build assessments into learning tasks
• Use technology whenever possible