Teacher/administrator
In this article it mentioned that not much preparation on assessment training is given to teachers and administrators. The advice that is important to remember as an administrator is to use your professional judgment. It is also important to know the difference between assessment terms such as measurement evidence and evaluation. There are several types of assessments available; you have to make sure you are choosing the assessments that fit your assignments. That means looking at all the different factors that you are trying to assess. Also assessments should provide feedback and opportunities for revision to improve rather than simply test learning. As an administrator it is important that you are making sure teachers are being mindful of the affects assessments have on students’ motivation and learning. Assessments can and should be used during your instruction to help meet the needs of the students.
She had ideas to help improve class assessments that provide teachers with useful information. One suggestion was to pilot test questions yourself then use your rubric to score the item. She points out observing during the test instead of completing other work that you may want to get completed while the students are testing. By doing this it gives you information about students like how who finishes first and timing of the test. I think that this is a good idea but with the amount of work teachers have I know that I often feel like I have to capitalize on ever little second so I can keep up with everything. I like the idea of the students rate the test and staring questions they had difficulty with. I also feel it is important to go over the test with students so they have the opportunity to learn from their mistakes and make sure they understand the concept being taught.
Student Achievement Project:
The two key questions to ask when doing my research project regarding validity and reliability. Validity: Does this test measure what its supposed to measure? Reliability: Does this test consistently measure what it supposed to measure? A test may be reliable but not necessarily valid. If a test is valid it will also be reliable. This video helps me to understand the difference between the two concepts. When I work on my project I will be able to ask myself these questions to make sure the assessment measures what it is supposed to measure. The important thing is to keep the focus of the study in mind while creating the assessment.
http://www.adprima.com/measurement.htm
The term measurement described in this article is important to the student achievement project. Measurement is according to the selection attributes or dimensions of some physical object are determined. Measurement is different from assessment and it is important to know the difference when creating tools to analyze results for the project. When use measure you are usually using a standard tool to get the correct dimensions. When you measure you collecting information based on an established rule.
Assessments will be very important to my student achievement project. Assessments are used to determine information that is relevant to a goal or objective. A test is a considered a type of assessment and there are many different types of assessments that could be used in action research projects. When you give an assessment we use that information to determine whether or not an objective or goal has been obtained. In my case I want to know how we can improve independent reading time and I will be looking at different assessment data to see if the goal to improve student achievement was met.
