Evaluation of Student Achievement

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Evaluation of Student Achievement
What a person knows
Cognitive Tests
What a person can do
Performance Ratings
What a person feels
Attitude Scales
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Evaluating Cognitive Skills

• Objective Tests
• multiple choice
• true/false
• matching
• Constructed Response
• short answer
• essay
• problem solving

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Evaluating Skills and Behavior

• Direct Testing
• products
• process
• Ratings of Performance
• checklists
• rating scales
• participation charts
• Rubrics
• Anecdotal Records
• Indirect Checklist / Rating Measures
• Portfolio
• Exhibitions

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Evaluating Attitudes

• Observation / Anecdotal Records
• Assessment of Behavior
• Questionnaire / Survey
• Interview

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Pretesting

• Determine if individuals have the necessary
  skills for the training.
• Determine improvement of knowledge.
• pretest vs posttest

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Embedded Test

• measures selected objectives
• practice item with feedback
• assessing knowledge immediately after being taught

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Posttest

• assess all objectives
• emphasis on terminal objectives
• identifies areas of instruction that are not
  working

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Validity

• A test measures what it is supposed to measure.
• Specifically measures what was learned, as
  specified by the objectives
• Table of specifications
• number of test items per objective
• Face validity
• test appears to measure the objectives
• Content validity
• each content domain is measured

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Reliability

• A tests ability to produce consistent results.
• Procedures to ensure reliability
• many questions
• standardized administration
• same testing conditions
• same testing length
• same scoring method
• Assessing reliability
• test-retest
• parallel forms
• split-half
• KR 20 formula

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Norm Referenced Test(relative standards)

• How an individual performs relative to other
  individuals.
• Standardized scores
• ACT, SAT, GRE

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Criterion Referenced Test(absolute standards

• How an individual performs relative to the
  objectives.
• mastery level of performance