Assessing An Assessment
Assessing An Assessment
Assessing An Assessment
Purpose: To improve and evaluate good assessments and identify how assessments can be improved.
Questions:
How does the What must students
Why is the assessment What is the goal of the
assessment attend to display to prove they
being used? assessment?
student learning? have learned?
Statements:
Is multidimensional, Gives students the Multiple ways to show
Complex, not flat; more
meaning it tests for more opportunity to explain learning; flexible in Clarity of language and
A good assessment... than just facts; connects
than one type of skill or their ideas and meeting individual and expectations
to real life
knowledge knowledge group needs