Assessment and Resources

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Assessment and Resources

• Technology in Education

Dr. Jeton McClinton Department of Educational
Leadership College of Education and Human
Development Jackson State University
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Agenda

• Six key elements 21st Century Learning
• 21st Century Learning Skills
• 21st Century Assessment
• What are assessment tools?

• General Assessment Tools
• Electronic Portfolios
• Rubrics
• Scoring Guides
• Tests and Quizzes
• Blackboard Assessment Tools
• Questions/Answers

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6 Key Elements of 21st Century Learning

1. Emphasize core subjects
2. Emphasize learning skills
3. Use 21st century tools to develop learning skills
4. Teach and learn in a 21st century context
5. Teach and learn the 21st century content
6. Use 21st century assessments that measure 21st
   century skills

Partnership for 21st Century Skills http//www.21s
tcenturyskills.org/
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21st Century Learning Skills

• Information and Media Literacy Skills
• Communication Skills
• Critical Thinking and Systems Thinking
• Problem Identification, Formulation and Solution
• Creativity and Intellectual Curiosity
• Interpersonal and Collaborative Skills
• Self-Direction
• Accountability and Adaptability
• Social Responsibility

Partnership for 21st Century Skills http//www.21s
tcenturyskills.org/
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21st Century Assessment
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What are assessment tools?

• Methods of gathering data about learner
  performance and understanding

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General Assessment Tools

• Electronic portfolios
• Rubrics
• Scoring guides
• Tests and Quizzes

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What are Electronic Portfolios?

• Collection of electronic evidence assembled and
  managed by a user, usually on the internet
• E-portfolio
• Digital portfolio
• text
• electronic files
• images
• multimedia
• blog entries
• hyperlinks

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Purpose of Electronic Portfolio

• Provides evidence of achievement over a period of
  time
• Supports assessment work that can be collected in
  real-time
• Exhibits students efforts and progress
• Provides a method of reflection/personal
  development
• Provides a formative/summative evaluation of
  student work

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Process of Electronic Portfolio Development

• Assess/Decide focus on needs, goals, and tools
• Plan/Design- organizing, designing
• Develop gather materials to include
• Implement presentation of
• Evaluate- is it effective for purpose and goals

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Common Features of Electronic Portfolios

• Lists students academic work
• Lists students accomplishments
• Professional
• Academic
• Lists students future goals
• Lists students

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Benefits of Electronic Portfolios

• Pros
• Shifts responsibility to student
• Demonstrates intellectual, electronic, and
  professional competence
• Shows a 24/7 accessible digital resume
• Shifts the emphasis from teacher directed
  learning a to student centered approach
• Offers a means to document a learner's growth
• Help focus the direction of future leaning
• Facilitate organization of content
• Meta-cognitive strategies are used to find
  meaning in their learning offer easy storage, low
  costs

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Limitations of Electronic Portfolios

• Lack of experience with technology
• Time consuming
• Scaffold is necessary
• System capabilities

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Examples of Student Electronic Portfolios

• Anitra Cooper
• Erin Banks
• Sara Coleman
• Anitra Cooper
• Angelia Jones
• Tambria Neal

• Dominic Thigpen
• Chimere Turner
• Kiffany Ward
• Kenya Washington
• Carlos Wilson
• Courtney Woodard

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Rubrics

• Scoring tool that lists the criteria for a piece
  of work or 'what counts.'
• Tells students that their work will be judged on
• Purpose
• Organization
• Details
• Voice
• Mechanics

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Rubrics

• Common Features
• Focused on measuring a stated objective
  (performance, behavior, or quality)
• Use a range to rate performance
• Contain specific performance characteristics
  arranged in levels indicated the degree to which
  standard has been met

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Rubrics

• Pros
• Helps define quality
• Students accept responsibility for their work
• Reduce time for grading
• Helps teacher explain grades and how to improve
• Cons
• Outside circumstances are not taken into
  consideration
• Can be too analytical for artistic projects

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Scoring Guidelines

• A  scoring guide  is an assessment tool used to
  judge the quality of student performance in
  relation to content standards. 
• Scoring guides provide specific criteria to
  describe a range of possible student responses
  and a consistent set of guidelines to rate
  student work. 
• There are many sites on the Internet which allow
  teachers to create their own scoring guide or
  have scoring guides already created that can be
  used as is or modified to fit their needs.  

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Scoring Guide items

• Resources items necessary for successful
  completion of activity
• Structure/organization acceptable layout
• Content everything included in the activity

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Scoring Guide Example
Research course

• The following criteria should be met for "A"
  level work.Resources
• Use of at least 3 recent library
  readings/references (last 5 years)
• or the equivalent on internet
• or documented interviews with teachers,
  administrators, students
• or school, district, or state data such as
  curriculum materials, policy manuals, statistics,
  etc.
• or direct observations of school board meetings,
  site councils, classrooms, etc. (COMBINATIONS ARE
  OK!)

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Scoring Guide Example cont
Research course

• Structure/Organization
• Double-spaced, word processed, 1 inch margins, 12
  pitch font size, bold-faced headings and
  subheadings (or on work sheets provided).
• Conventions spelling, usage, paragraphing,
  sentence structure
• APA referencing only
• Length/format appropriate to topic/project (10
  pages, typically)

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Scoring Guide Example cont
Research course

• Content
• Clarity/Focused Topic is clearly stated early
  on, focus is maintained, supportive material is
  related to focus.
• Relevance Proposal's relevance to the author is
  discussed proposals relevance to the chapter
  topic is explicit proposal's relevance to
  understanding American education, past, present,
  and future is explained.
• Accuracy Facts/figures are correct and justified
  with references.

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Scoring Guide Example cont
Research course

• Knowledgeable Author is clearly knowledgeable
  about topic and expresses those understandings
  the topic is well-researched reader learns
  something!
• Completeness Thorough coverage of topic
  limitations are expressed proposal is a unified
  whole.
• Creativeness Transcends "regurgitation" of
  materials demonstrates production of new ideas
  rather than consumption of what others have done
  envisions with fresh eyes original.

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Scoring guides pros and cons

• Pros
• Raises the bar for student achievement
• Evaluates learning in an objective way
• Prepares students for standards to be met
• Cons
• Maybe vague
• Doesnt include comments

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Tests and Quizzes

• The purpose of tests/quizzes is to help keep
  current with the course content
• Allow student to assess knowledge of several
  concepts being presented in the course. 
• Two types paper-based and CBT (Computer Based
  Tests)

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Tests and Quizzes

• Paper-based
• Tests taken on paper
• Online
• Tests taken on a computer

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Tests and QuizzesFunctions

• Diagnostic Assessments
• Prior to learning
• Identify learner strengths and weakness
• Formative Assessments
• During learning
• Guide an individual student's progress
• Improve the curriculum
• Summative Assessments
• After learning
• For high-stakes evaluation, grading,
  certification

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Tests and Quizzes
Paper-based

• Pros
• No special training needed, staff may feel more
  secure
• No need for technical staff
• Can be difficult to update, looks messy if
  changed
• Files are easily lost
• Information takes longer to find/sort
• Space
• Cons
• Slow and time consuming
• Expensive
• Reliable is questioned
• May lose test/may get stolen

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Tests and Quizzes
CBT (computer based)

• Pros
• Faster turn around time
• More accessible
• Less cheating and plagiarism incidents
• Cons
• Initial installation is costly and challenging
• Learning curve (time needed)
• Technical problems/Security issues
• Ability to capture/score essay information

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Blackboard Assessment Tools

• Assignment Tool
• controls submission dates and times
• repository for file attachments (any file type
  including Ms. Word, PowerPoint)
• Quiz Survey Tool
• (Question Bank allows five (5) types of
  Questions)
• Multiple Choice
• Matching
• Calculated
• Short Answer
• Paragraph
• Discussion Tool
• Public
• Group
• Anonymous discussion

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• Questions and Answers

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Contact Information

• Dr. Jeton McClinton
• jeton.mcclinton_at_jsums.edu