Assessment

 

The CHALLENGEs....

• Assessment EQUITY:

  • Across formats:

    • Embracing different ways to act & express what:

      • Has been learned

      • Is being learned

      • "Threshold concepts" have been/are being learned

  • Across contexts:

    • Differing environments

    • Differing degrees of authenticity

• Clarity of:

  • Particularly higher order functioning skills

    • Analysis, evealuation, application, differentiation, transference, synthesis, etc.

  • Tools that guide & support: (part of the learning process)

    • Rubrics

    • Rating scales

    • Multiple choice tests

• Actually assesses:

  • Learning goals

  • Significant learning

  • Threshold concepts