Health Education Assessment Project

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Health Education Assessment Project
Californias access to the State Collaborative on
Assessment and Student Standards (SCASS)
resources.
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HEAP Assessment Materials
Assessment Framework Assessment Items Exemplar
Responses Guide to Portfolios CD-ROMs
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Why Is Assessment Important?

• To help educators guide improvements in health
  education planning and delivery (curriculum and
  instruction)
• To ensure students develop lifelong health
  skills, rather than merely learn health education
  facts
• Assessment keeps the focus on whats important

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Teaching With the End in Mind

• Health literacy is the capacity of an individual
  to obtain, interpret, and understand basic health
  information and services and the competence to
  use such information and services in ways which
  are health-enhancing.
• Joint Committee on Health Education Standards

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National Health Education Standards
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National Health Education Standards
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National Health Education Standards
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The Basics Performance-Based Assessments
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Types of Assessment
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ExampleSelected Response

• When a person lacks control over mental or
  physical abilities as a result of high blood
  alcohol concentration, it is called
• intoxication.
• dependence.
• alcoholism.
• cirrhosis.

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ExampleConstructed Response
Jeff is walking to the arcade when two boys he
knows from school stop him and offer him some
marijuana. The boys try to convince Jeff that
there is nothing harmful about marijuana.
Describe the decision-making process Jeff
should use in this situation. What does Jeff
need to know about marijuana in order to make a
healthful decision?
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Example Performance Task

• How the Media May Influence Tobacco Use
• Many people are influenced by the things they see
  in the media (television, movies, magazines,
  etc.). Your task is to study the different kinds
  of message the media sends to young people about
  tobacco use, analyze these messages, and describe
  how these messages may influence a young persons
  behavior regarding tobacco . . .

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Examples of Projects

• Personal plan
• Brochure
• Teaching poster
• Public service announcement
• Role play

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Questions Assessment Presents to Us

• How can I best facilitate learning?
• Are students learning?
• Was it worth learning?
• What might I do next time to help students become
  more proficient?
• What can I do or say to students to provide
  constructive feedback for improvement?

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Resources
HEAP materials for loan from the California
Healthy Kids Resource Center www.californiahealthy
kids.org 510-670-4583 Robin Sinks, Long Beach
USD rsinks_at_lbusd.k12.ca.us Jeri Day, California
Department of Education jday_at_cde.ca.gov