Assessment!Principles of Best Practice-Language Assessment 101-

Assessment!Principles of Best Practice-Language Assessment 101-

NCCLP 2009Kyle EnnisAvant Assessment

••Presentation Goals / Introductions Presentation Goals / Introductions

••Presentation: Assessment 101Presentation: Assessment 101

••Presentation: What Makes Assessment Good?Presentation: What Makes Assessment Good?

••Presentation: Assessment Examples/PrinciplesPresentation: Assessment Examples/Principles

••Consider Assessment Literacy and Commit to Consider Assessment Literacy and Commit to

ImprovementImprovement

What Will We Do Today?What Will We Do Today?

Grant-funded Research and Development

Classroom Learning and Assessment

Tools

Licensing Collaboration

What is Your ASSESSMENT IQWhat is Your ASSESSMENT IQ1.1. What is the difference between….. What is the difference between…..

AssessmentAssessment and and Evaluation?Evaluation?

2.2. What is What is Formative AssessmentFormative Assessment? Example?? Example?

3.3. What is What is Summative AssessmentSummative Assessment? Example?? Example?

4.4. What is What is Self-EvaluationSelf-Evaluation? Example?? Example?

5. 5. What is the difference between assessment What is the difference between assessment

of... of... Achievement - Performance – Achievement - Performance –

ProficiencyProficiency??

6. 6. Why do we assess our students?Why do we assess our students?

Not everything that Not everything that can be counted can be counted counts, and not counts, and not everything that everything that counts can be counts can be

counted.counted.Albert Einstein

金无足赤，人无完人 .

What is our GOAL?What is our GOAL?

Assessment should Assessment should NOT be an NOT be an

afterthought! afterthought! It should be the It should be the

foundation of all foundation of all that we do!that we do!

Assessment 101…How do we know what our students know and are able to do?

Assessment 101…How do we know what our students know and are able to do?

Knowledge/SkillsKnowledge/Skills

VocabularyVocabularyFunctionFunction

CultureCulture

TEST!!TEST!!

Sampling of Elements

•Vocabulary

•Characters

•Grammatical Points

•Rules

•Simulation

•Application

HOW?.........

Sampling of Elements

•Vocabulary

•Characters

•Grammatical Points

•Rules

•Simulation

•Application

HOW?.........

Student ScoresStudent Scores

Good

Bad

Good

Bad

DecisionsDecisions

Inferences

Assessment FoundationsAssessment Foundations••Assessment is a process of applying professional Assessment is a process of applying professional judgment.judgment.

••Assessment is based on separate but related Assessment is based on separate but related principles of measurement evidence and principles of measurement evidence and evaluation.evaluation.

••Assessment decision-making is influenced by a Assessment decision-making is influenced by a series of tensionsseries of tensions..

••Assessment influences student motivation and Assessment influences student motivation and learninglearning..

••Assessment contains errorAssessment contains error. (There is no PERFECT . (There is no PERFECT assessment)assessment)

( 尺有所短，寸有所长。 )

What is GOOD Assessment?What is GOOD Assessment?

••Good assessment enhances instructionGood assessment enhances instruction..

••Good assessment is valid and reliable.Good assessment is valid and reliable.

••Good assessment is fair and ethical.Good assessment is fair and ethical.

••Good assessment uses multiple methods.Good assessment uses multiple methods.

••Good assessment is efficient and feasible.Good assessment is efficient and feasible.

••Good assessment appropriately incorporates Good assessment appropriately incorporates technology.technology.

Assessment Modes and FocusAssessment Modes and FocusHow do you evaluate HOW WELL the students are able to speak or write?

Scoring Guides:

Understanding Assessment

Practices and Techniques

Leads to Better Teaching

and Learning

Understanding Assessment

Practices and Techniques

Leads to Better Teaching

and Learning

What is our GOAL?What is our GOAL?

Not everything that Not everything that can be counted can be counted counts, and not counts, and not everything that everything that counts can be counts can be

counted.counted.Albert Einstein

金无足赤，人无完人 .