Concepts |
Principles |
Checklist Items |
Useful Ear stakeholders |
Educative: Assessment is educative when it supports learning. improves student perfor-mance., and supports effective instructional deci, eons. |
Feedback: Does the assessment provide lately, actionable feedback to my students about the quality of their work and next steps for teaming'' Are scores and reports mend for stakeholders? |
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Decisions: Does the assessment help me make instructional decisions that are beneficial for students? |
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Practical: Assessment is practical When it is feasible and efficient within available tesourixs. |
Feasibility: Is the assessment feasible for me, given my students, work¬load, and resources? |
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Efficiency: Dees the assessment efficiently provide the information needed by Toe, my students, and other stakeholders? |
Meaningful For purposes |
Relevant: Assessment is relevant when it em-phasizes understanding important content and performing authentic tasks, |
Content: Is the assessment content important? Does it reflect professional standards for the discipline? |
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Tasks: Are the assessment tasks authentic? Are they coherent with my be¬liefs about learning and know ine'? Do they elicit my students best work? |
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Accurate: Assessment is accurate when it pro¬duces valid results based on reliable evidence and expert judgments of quality. |
Validity: Do the assessment results match my specified purpose for the assessment? Does the format of the assessment follow its function? |
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Reliability: Are the assessment results elinsistent across tasks, time, and judgments? |
Equitable For all students |
Open: Assessment is open when it is a participative process and discloses its purposes expectations. criteria, and consequences. |
Participation: Is the assessment process open to participation by inter¬ested stakeholders. including my students? |
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Disclosure: Do my students understand the assessment its purpose. What is expected, how it will be judged. and its consequences? |
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Appropriate: Assessment is appropriate when it fairly accommodates students' sociocultural. linguistic. and developmental needs |
Fairness: lithe assessment un-biased in terms of my students languages and cultures? Does it contribute to equal outcomes for my students? |
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Impact: Are the personal and social consequences of the assessment equi¬table for my students? |