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Basic Assessment Concepts

Assessment contains errors

• is it valid?
  

Good assessments enhances instruction

• aren't just measures of the students but measures the teacher also.
• if everyone misses a question, something you did wrong as a teacher.

Good assessments are valid

• they measure what they are supposed to measure.
  

Good assessment is fair and ethical

• Problem with tests is fair and ethical
  
• ex. if the student is coming from a poor background (not a lot of money), what color is a banana, but if you are poor you have brown bananas. so they have to try to make them unbiased.

Good assessment is efficient and feasible

• is it efficient and feasible? tests take up valuable time.
  

Good assessments use multiple methods

• Labs use whatever they are being tested on... rocks and minerals they will get rocks and minerals in their exam.
  
• use them all through out the unit, not just at the end
• formative- anytime during the unit.
  
• summative- at the end

Good assessment appropriately incorporates technology

• everything is technology.
  
• woah the thermos! It's amazing

What is most essential about assessment understands how general, fundamental assessment principles and ideas can be used to enhance student learning and teacher effectiveness.

assessment guides instruction.