Continuous Assessment

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Continuous Assessment

• Leonard B. Bliss
• blissl_at_fiu.edu

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Purposes of Assessment

• Providing feedback to instructors (formative)
• Providing feedback to students (formative)
• Evaluating students (summative)
• Motivating students

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Achievement
Anxiety
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Problems Related to Assessment

• Assessment takes time away from instruction.
• Assessment requires a further investment in
  instructor time.
• Assessment causes further anxiety among students.

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Characteristics of Assessment Tools

• Assumes students are responding using maximum,
  not typical effort.
• Assumes tasks constitute an evaluation of a
  representative sample of course objectives
  (Validity).
• Assumes scores will be consistent
• Across groups of students.
• Across administration.
• Internally.

Reliability
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Types of Assessments

• Tests
• Multiple choice
• Short answer
• Essays
• Direct observations
• Portfolios