Assessment through Standardized Testing

Chapter 15

Assessment through Standardized Testing

 Alternative Assessment  Norm- vs. Criterion-Referenced Evaluation  Standardized Tests  Descriptive Statistics

Norm- vs. Criterion-Referenced Evaluation

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Normed-referenced scores

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Criterion-Referenced Scores

Comparing a student’s performance with that of other students on the same task.

Indicate specifically what a student can and cannot do in relation to certain standards or criteria.

(Ormrod, J. 2003.

Educational Psychology Developing Learners, Columbus, OH: Merrill Prentice Hall, p. 526)

Standardized Tests

 Assessments given to many students under the same conditions and scoring procedures  Achievement (content; ex: Terra Nova)  Diagnostic (strengths/weaknesses)  Intelligence (abstract reasoning/problem solving)  Aptitude (potential for learning)

Descriptive Statistics

 Frequency Distribution - # at each score  Mean – average  Mode – most frequent score  Median – middle score  Range – distance between highest and lowest score  Standard Deviation – variability of scores

Percentages vs. Percentiles

 Percentage - # of correct items compared to the total number of items  Percentile – ranking that compares one student to all the others that have taken the assessment

Assessment through Standardized Testing

    Alternative Assessments Norm- vs. Criterion-Referenced Evaluation Standardized Tests Descriptive Statistics Monday: Write one good assessment question for each of the Part III Chapters 10-15.

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