Traditional assessment v.s Alternative assessment
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Assessment and testing
• Testing is formal and often standardized
• Assessment is based on a collection of information about what students know and what they are able to do.
Assessment and testing
Assessment :“any method used to better understand the current knowledge that a student possesses”
Testing : “single-occasion, one-dimensional, timed exercise, usually in multiple choice or short-answer form”
Traditional assessment tools
The most widely used traditional assessment
tools are:
Multiple-choice tests
True/false tests
Short answers
Essays.
Portfolios
• Portfolios consist of student work that displays mastery of
skill of the task and expression .
• Paulson and Meyer define Portfolios “ a purposeful
collection of student work that exhibits the student’s efforts,
progress, and achievements in one or more areas.
• The collection must include student participation in selecting
contents, the criteria for judging merit, and evidence of
student self reflection”
• Because of their cumulative nature, portfolios require a lot
of input and responsibility of the student . Moreover, they
demand a great deal of time commitment from the teachers.
Portfolios
• Portfolios are an opportunity for students to provide
documentation of their learning activities, ideas and
reflections.
• Portfolios help students take more responsibility for
their own learning. By making decisions about what to
include in their portfolios.
• Students become knowledge producers rather than
knowledge receivers .Thus, portfolios help students
construct their own knowledge base (constructivism) as
opposed to reacting to a teaching stimulus provided by
the teacher (behaviorism).
Portfolios
• The portfolio is not supposed to be an easy
alternative to substitute for testing.
• If the portfolio is taken seriously, applied with
skill and intelligence, it can become a
teacher’s valuable tool.
Anecdotal Records
An anecdotal record is a collection of
written observations of students related to
their progress in learning.
This written account of observations may be
kept in a separate notebook or included in a
student’s portfolio. Teacher notes to students,
weather offering criticism or encouragement.
Using this technique allows teachers the
opportunity to modify their instruction to
better meet the needs of their students.
Diaries and Writing Folders
• Students should be encouraged to write across the curriculum. Student writings may take several forms.
• Students may be encouraged to make dailyentries summarizing their progress in a particular study in a diary.
• Writing folders show the different styles of writing that students accomplish such as first drafts, current writing, finished drafts, new writing ideas, and student reflections on material being studied.
1) * Focusing on a body of work vs. a one off performance*
The portfolio process reviews a comparatively large body of a
learner’s work, rather than a one off performance, to evaluate
performance over a course of study.
2) * Being a truly authentic assessment*
Portfolios rely on direct observation ,therefore, can be
thought of as authentic assessment.
3) * Increasing the involvement of learners*
Portfolios necessitate the active participation of learners in
the evaluation process.
Alternative assessmentTraditional assessment
Continuous, longitudinal assessment
One-shot tests
Direct testsIndirect tests
Authentic testsInauthentic tests
Group projectsIndividual projects
Feedback provided to learnersNo feedback provided to learners
Untimed examsSpeeded exams
Contextualized test tasksDecontextualized test tasks
Criterion-referenced score interpretation
Norm-referenced score interpretation
Classroom-based testsStandardized tests
vs.
First,
they tend to simulate real-life contexts
Second,
Collaborative working is
encouraged.
Third,
Assist instructors to have a better
understanding of student learning
Advantages of alternative assessment