Ferriman, J. (2013, August 8). Building meaningful
assessments[infographic]. [Web log post]. Retrieved from http://www.learndash.com/building-meaningful-assessments-infographic/
This infographic, which was developed by
publishing house McGraw-Hill Education, presents the four key areas to consider
when building out an assessment for any type of curriculum or program. The four
areas to consider are: assessment type (diagnostic, formative, summative,
and three others), question types (multiple-choice, written/constructed,
performance tasks), delivery methods (paper/pencil, online – oddly, there is
not a delivery method for measuring presentations questions), and scoring
methods (human, artificial intelligence).
The infographic notes that standards, such as the Common Core, are
driving the way students are assessed in the US, but globalization and technology
advancements are growing influencing factors.
Evaluation: The infographic nicely sums up
the four areas that influence assessments today. The intro stresses the goal of
assessments – to help teachers improve instruction, to make sure students
are learning, and to help administrators determine how to allocate funds. The
introduction stresses that the assessment types and question types, delivery
and scoring are all interchangeable, depending on the situation. I appreciated
the overview, because I didn’t know all of these areas were important to
assessments.
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