In the United States, historically, the purpose of education has evolved according to the needs of society. Education's primary purpose has ranged from instructing youth in religious doctrine, to preparing them to live in a democracy, to assimilating immigrants into mainstream society, to preparing workers for the industrialized 20th century workplace.
I think that my view, and most people's view, is that the purpose of education is to support children in developing the skills, the knowledge, and the dispositions that will allow them to be responsible, contributing members of their community—their democratically-informed community. Meaning, to be a good friend, to be a good mate, to be able to work, and to contribute to the well-being of the community.
measures: reading readiness, achievement, and difficulties
norm: 3,300 USA nationally representative.
target: 4.5 to 80 year olds
subtests include letter identification, word identification, word attack, word comprehension, passage comprehension, phonological awareness, listening comphrension, oral reading fluency
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
A task that evaluates your ability to transfer knowledge from the classroom to the real-world
What have we done in class that is this type of an assessment?
Major issue, could be affected by what you already know
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
An individual's unique assemblage of psychological traits over time
Just like intelligence, there is no consensus
Personality is defined by the particular empiricial concepts which are a part of the theory of personality employed by the observer
Refers to a short-term, ephemeral trait
How do you feel during a test? At the doctor's?
Often the person supplies information about their personality (self-reporting)
May be from diaries or an interview and can elicit very private information
Self-report measures self-concept (e.g. Beck Self-Concept Test)
What are some measurement issues with this?
Lots of measurement issues though!!!
Biased leading to be too generous or severe
May want to rate person as "normal", i.e. in the middle
Something may overshadow (the halo effect)
Context important
Other problems?