E-411 PRMA

Lecture 17 - Education

Christopher David Desjardins

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Intelligence tests

Introduced testing in education

How do we use tests in education?

What is the difference between an achievement and an aptitude test?

How do their uses differ?

Is it possible to write an item that measures achievement and not aptitude or vice versa?

Diagnostic tests

• May consists of multiple subtests
• Designed to identify the missing knowledge/skill
• Typically, easier than evaluative tests
• Doesn't answer why
• Often focus on reading and mathematics

Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests-Revised

uses: Evaluate struggling readers; screen for reading readiness; determine student selection and placement; monitor reading growth; evaluate program effectiveness; research; implement best practices in the RTI environment

norm: 3,300 USA nationally representative.

target: 4.5 to 80 year olds

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KeyMath3

Technical manual

Psychoeducational batteries

• Measures intellectual or cognitive abilites and educational achievement levels
• Measure educational achievement
• Used for normative comparision and to plan interventions

Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children

• Measures intelligence and achievement
• Kaufmans focus on information-processing aspect of intelligence
• Simultaneous - all at once
• Sequential - processing in a series
• Table 11 - 3
• Unclear factor structure
• Also can be used with the CHC model ... but how?

Woodcock-Johnson IV

• Contains three batteries
• Cognitive ability
• Achievement
• Oral language
• Administer together or individually
• Assessment Service Bulletin

Performance

• Performance task - a work sample design to elicit representative knowledge, skills, and values from a domain of study
• Performance assessment - evaluation of these tasks
• How might we use performance assessment in class? HR?

Portfolio

• What is a portfolio and what are some examples of a portfolio?

• A sample of your work

• How might we use a portfolio in class? HR?

• What are some ways you use a portfolio?

• Major issue, potential subjectivity in scoring

Authentic Assessment

• A form of performance assessment is authentic assessment

• A task that evaluates your ability to transfer knowledge from the classroom to the real-world

• Major issue, could be affected by what you already know

Peer appraisal and other measurements in education

peers assign a score or ranking to you

"Which student would you rather work on a class project with?"

"Which student is the most popular"

these are often dynamic

Other inventories measure study habits, interests, and attitudes