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Assessment
Assessing and
Improving Student Achievement
Program
Content
- Understanding Educational Assessments
- The Instructional Uses of Assessment Information
- Constructing Pencil-Paper Tests
- Developing Alternative Assessment Procedures
- Preparing Students to Take Tests
Program Objectives
- To be aware of the purposes and essential characteristics of educational
assessments
- To understand the different types of assessments used in elementary
and secondary education
- To be able to plan and construct assessments of different types and
response formats
- To effectively utilize teacher-made tests in the classroom
- To understand the different types of scores used to describe the results
of assessments
- To be aware of the precautions to be taken in interpreting assessment
results
- To be able to use assessment results to improve instruction and to
provide feedback to students, parents, and the public
- To be able to use test results to evaluate instructional programs
- To understand the issues and ethics surrounding test preparation practices
- To be able to develop test preparation activities which will improve
students’ test-wiseness and study skills and reduce the harmful
effects of test anxiety
- To apply the basics of test preparation in the classroom
Program Activities
- Identify the existence and use of achievement assessment information
at your school
- Examine case studies involving the use of assessment information to
make classroom and school level decisions
- Develop an instructional improvement plan based on assessment data
- Complete the components of a plan which would result in a comprehensive,
teacher-constructed test
- Plan an alternative assessment which could be used to assess specific
learning outcomes and academic standards
- Critique the ethics of the test preparation practices presented in
two case studies
Program Forms and Worksheets
- Achievement Assessment Information Checklist
- Assessment of Causality for Substandard Performance
- Instructional Improvement Plan
- Teacher-made Test Construction Plan
- Alternative Assessment Needs Survey
- Alternative Assessment Planning Blueprint
A staff development program
on this topic is available from National School Services®.
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