Since I teach at the High School level and in the Social Studies field, this very methodical process of planning a selected response assessment is especially appropriate and relevant for me. This is such a sensible way to plan a thorough, diverse, and fair selected response test by ensuring that a range of thinking levels and reasoning is targeted with the most appropriate styles of questions such as multiple choice, true false, matching, and fill in the blank.
I have already implemented the 1920s-1930s table of specifications blueprint and assessments in my US History class and found that it was a fair assessment. I also felt that the results did reflect accurately my students' learning. I will apply this strategy for building a sound assessment from scratch in the future. In addition, skills obtained through completion of this assignment can also assist me when I am selecting appropriate questions from a test bank. I can choose a balance of reasoning and knowledge questions and can make sure many different reasoning patterns are being assessed as well. This activity definitely addressed our course goal of ensuring that assessments arise from and indeed reflect clear learning targets.
Carla McSwain
"Techie in Training"
Table of Contents
Artifacts
- Module 1-1 Reflection on Good and Bad Assessment
- Module 1-3 Survey Monkey Reflection
- Module 2-3 Breaking Apart a Content Standard
- Module 3-2 Essay on Reasoning
- Module 5-1 Barriers to High Quality Assessment
- Module 6-1 Table of Specifications and Blueprint for Selected Response Assessment
- Module 7-1 Writing Selected Response Questions
- Module 7-3 Writing Essay Questions
- Module 10-1 Design a Performance Task
- Module 10-2 Create a Checklist
- Module 10-3 Design a Rubric and Assess the Quality of it
- Module 11-1 Assessing Student Dispositions