Chapter Seven
ASSESSMENT AND
EVALUATION
Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning
Experiences and Assessments
Teachers design, develop, and evaluate authentic learning
experiences and assessments incorporating
contemporary tools and resources to maximize content
learning in context and to develop the knowledge,
skills, and attitudes identified in the NETS-S. Teachers:
d. provide students with multiple and varied formative
and summative assessments aligned with content and
technology standards and use resulting data to inform
learning and teaching
In this chapter, you will:
 Develop assessments and scoring practices that are
aligned with content and technology standards.
 Incorporate a variety of appropriate technology-based
resources for assessing learning into your instruction.
 Use technology applications to communicate student
performance data and report this evidence to parents,
administrators, and other stakeholders.
 Use data from multiple measures and resources to
assess student use of technology as required by the
NETS-S.
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Consider the role of assessment in teaching and
learning. When have you completed an
assessment that helped you learn? What was it
like?
How has technology been used to support
assessment in your education? What other
ways might technology support assessment?
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Involve sharing learning goals with students
aim to help students know and recognize the
standards for which they are aiming
Involve students in self-assessment
Provide feedback that leads to students
recognizing their next steps and how to take
them
Are based on the belief that every student can
improve
Involve both teachers and pupils reflecting on
assessment data
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Outcome feedback
Cognitive feedback
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2.
3.
The behavior, skill, knowledge, or attitude to be
demonstrated
The conditions under which they will be
demonstrated
The criteria that specify the level of
performance or knowledge required
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Multiple choice
Matching
Fill-in-the-blank
Quick to administer and score
Items readily developed or obtained
Rapid data collection, analysis, and reporting
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Item banks
Online assessments
Testing software
Scannable test forms
Personal response systems
Forced-choice assessments
 Set goals: Learn more about one of the
technologies used to support forced-choice
assessments.
 Take action: Review examples of these tools.
 Monitor: Determine how the assessments match
the demands of your content area.
 Evaluate and Extend: Discuss the strengths and
weaknesses of the technology with others and
determine strategies for incorporating the
technology in your classroom.
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Writing prompts
Short answers
Essays questions
Little time to develop
Take longer to score than forcedchoice responses
Lower reliability
Word-processing software
 Communication and
collaboration tools
 Journaling
 Multimedia and web-based
software
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Digital
video and
audio
Handheld devices
Authentic Assessments
 Realistic
 Judgment and innovation
 “Do” the subject
 Real-world situations
 Wide range of skills
 Feedback, practice, and second chances
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Concept maps
Simulations
Portfolios and work samples
Technologies to support project-based learning
1.
Identify a technology you don’t know well and
find a sample to use.
2.
Develop a small-scale project using the tool.
3.
Share with others.
Scoring Keys
 Test scanner
 Scoring engines
 Rubrics and Checklists
 Analytic
 Holistic
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Rubrics for assessment
 Set goals: Determine how rubrics will be
accessible to students and parents.
 Take action: Review resources that provide
guidance for developing rubrics.
 Monitor: Determine whether you can
successfully generate methods for sharing
artifacts based on your own rubric.
 Evaluate and Extend: Develop guidelines
for the sharing of information from rubrics.
 Electronic
gradebooks &
gradebook software
 Student information
systems
1.
2.
Investigate common features of
student information systems
(SIS).
Compare and discuss your
findings with other members of
your class.
 Simulation
of common
software tools
 Simulated environments
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Did you meet your learning goals?
What new skills or knowledge were
addressed in this chapter?
What do you still need to do to meet
your learning goals?
What learning strategies worked
best for you?
Have different
ways of
assessment