Students and faculty from Ball State University attended the 2015 PATINS conference in Indianapolis on April 23. The PATINS Project is a statewide network to promote assistive/adaptive technology to teachers and schools.
“The revolution now under way in student assessment will have profound consequences for schools, teachers, and every public school parent in the nation” (ETS, 2012, pg. 5). According this publication […]
The United States Department of Education EDFacts initiative was created to “… put performance data at the center of policy, management and budget decisions for all K-12 educational programs” (ED.gov, […]
In regards to assessment, one goal of the U.S. Department of Education is that “Our education system at all levels will leverage the power of technology to measure what matters […]
According to this report, “The use of student data systems to improve education and help students succeed is a national priority” (Means et al., 2010, pg. ix). The report presents […]
According to Chingos (2012) “In the coming years, states will need to make the most significant changes to their assessment systems since the passage of NCLB as they implement the […]
The following resources provide relevant examples of assessment literacy professional development approaches. http://www.assessmentacademy.net/Assessment101/tabid/55/Default.aspx http://qualityinstruction.org/trainings/assessment-literacy http://ati.pearson.com/events-training/leading-professional-development-in-seven-strategies-of-assessment-for-learning.html
This article situates the need for assessment literacy in a current educational context, and provides descriptions of four separate assessment literacy-training programs intended to improve assessment literacy among experienced and […]
Volante & Fazio (2007) examined the assessment literacy of teacher candidates enrolled in a teacher education program at the university level. This study provided said candidates with a survey designed […]
This study conducted by Mertler & Campbell (2005) intended to develop an instrument that could accurately measure educators’ assessment literacy. The Assessment Literacy Inventory, or ALI, was then examined in […]