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 by ETS, the most profound changes in the future of effective assessment exist in the realm of technology. “The benefits of using technology in assessments […]
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, 2012). This initiative has four primary purposes: 1) “Place the use of robust, timely performance data at the core of decision and policymaking in education”; […]
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 and use assessment data for continuous improvement” (ED.gov, 2010). According to the U.S. DOE website, schools must collect and aggregate student-learning data via processes that […]
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 data from a national district survey combined with site visits conducted during 2007-08, examining the level of implementation of data-driven decision making at the local […]
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 Common Core State Standards” (Chingos, 2012, pg. 1). In this report, the author stresses the significance of reliable, effective assessment systems, and the costs required […]
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 pre-service educators alike. According to Lukin, Bandalos, Eckhout, & Mickelson (2004), considering the changing political and professional relationships within education, the need for assessment literacy […]
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 to gauge the respondents’ self-efficacy towards assessment literacy, the primary functions of assessment, different methods for assessment, assessment training, and suggested strategies for increasing assessment […]
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 order to assess the reliability, and other psychometric qualities of the instrument. The citation for this resource is provided below. Mertler, C., & Campbell, […]