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Direct linkJasmine A. Mena; Jennie R. Stevenson – Teaching of Psychology, 2024
Introduction: Instructors assign grades to communicate to students how well they are learning the course content. However, students and instructors are often displeased with the process and outcome of grading. Statement of the Problem: We contend that conventional grading inadvertently detracts from student learning and simultaneously replicates…
Descriptors: Students, Teachers, Performance Based Assessment, Psychological Studies
Olla, Rita; Houmanfar, Ramona A.; Esquierdo-Leal, Jovonnie L.; Crosswell, Laura H. – Journal of Behavioral Education, 2023
Modern societies need higher education systems that are strongly grounded on scientific knowledge and evidence-based teaching tools. This laboratory-based study extended Chase and Houmanfar (2009), examining the effects of basic and elaborate feedback on participants' performance measured with two sets of tests administered after a college-level…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Student Evaluation, Performance Based Assessment, College Students
Ato Kwamina Arhin – Acta Educationis Generalis, 2024
Introduction: This article aimed at digging deep into distractors used for mathematics multiple-choice items. The quality of distractors may be more important than their number and the stem in a multiple-choice question. Little attention is given to this aspect of item writing especially, mathematics multiple-choice questions. This article…
Descriptors: Testing, Multiple Choice Tests, Test Items, Mathematics Tests
Villarroel, Verónica; Boud, David; Bloxham, Susan; Bruna, Daniela; Bruna, Carola – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2020
Tests and examinations are widely used internationally. Despite their pervasiveness, they tend to measure lower order thinking skills in a decontextualized manner at a time when the literature frequently argues for the benefits of a richer, authentic approach to assessment. The focus of this paper is to improve authenticity in test assessment…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Testing, Tests, Test Construction
Bearman, Margaret; Ajjawi, Rola; Bennett, Sue; Boud, David – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2021
Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) have become ubiquitous as a form of assessment in medical education but involve substantial resource demands and considerable local variation. A detailed understanding of the processes by which OSCEs are designed and administered could improve feasibility and sustainability. This exploration of…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Medical Education, Test Construction, Testing
Download full textNew York State Education Department, 2020
The Regulations of the Commissioner of Education provide that an elementary-level science test is to be administered in Grade 4 to serve as a basis for determining students' needs for academic intervention services in science. The New York State Grade 4 Elementary-Level Science Test consists of two required components: a Written Test and a…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Science Tests, Testing Programs, Testing
Shepard, Lorrie A. – American Educator, 2021
According to Lorrie A. Shepard, claims that testing will serve equity very often are not true. From minimum competency tests in the '70s; basic-skills tests in the '80s; "tests worth teaching to" in the '90s; high-frequency, high-stakes tests in the '00s; and added layers of commercial interim tests in the '10s, it seems it has…
Descriptors: Testing, Accountability, Equal Education, Failure
Rajab Esfandiari; Mohammad Hossein Arefian – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
Computer-assisted language assessment literacy (LAL) has gained momentum in English as a foreign language (EFL) teaching since computer-based education became particularly common in language education. As EFL teachers play a critical role in administering computer-assisted language assessments, Iranian EFL teachers need to learn, relearn, and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
New York State Education Department, 2019
The Regulations of the Commissioner of Education provide that an elementary-level science test is to be administered in Grade 4 to serve as a basis for determining students' needs for academic intervention services in science. The New York State Grade 4 Elementary-Level Science Test consists of two required components: a Written Test and a…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Science Tests, Testing Programs, Testing
Evans, Carla M. – Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 2023
Large-scale performance assessment programs are a longstanding reform tool. However, standard setting can be a challenge for assessment programs that use primarily non-standardized assessments. The purpose of this paper is to extend this field of research by explaining the standard setting methodology applied to one more recent instantiation of a…
Descriptors: Standard Setting, Accountability, Performance Based Assessment, State Programs
Many, Joyce E.; Bhatnagar, Ruchi; Tanguay, Carla; Favors-Welch, Shaneeka; Thomas, Clarice; Cannon, Susan Ophelia; Ogletree, Tamra; Kim, Jihye; Howrey, Shannon; An, Sohyun; Kurz, Karen; Wilson, Judi – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2019
This study examined the implementation of high-stakes adoption of edTPA® in one state in the year prior to consequential use of edTPA scores for teacher licensure. Using a mixed methods design, we investigated concerns of coordinators who were responsible for edTPA implementation in their institutions. We utilized the Concerns Based Adoption Model…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Preservice Teachers, High Stakes Tests, Teacher Certification
New York State Education Department, 2019
This publication is intended for use by school administrators and counselors. It provides general information on Regents Examinations as well as the specific requirements and procedures for requesting, administering, and rating these examinations. This manual is comprised of the following sections: (1) General Information; (2) Requesting and…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Achievement Tests, Exit Examinations, Performance Based Assessment
New York State Education Department, 2018
The Regulations of the Commissioner of Education provide that an elementary-level science test is to be administered in Grade 4 to serve as a basis for determining students' needs for academic intervention services in science. The New York State Grade 4 Elementary-Level Science Test consists of two required components: a Written Test and a…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Science Tests, Testing Programs, Testing
Giraldo, Frank; Yan, Xun – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2023
In this article, we report the results of a study through which we collected English language teachers' needs and wants to design an online language assessment course. Through a mixed-methods approach, we asked 20 teachers from four Latin American countries what they wanted to learn in the course. The teachers wanted a course in which they could…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Tests
New York State Education Department, 2017
The Regulations of the Commissioner of Education provide that an elementary-level science test is to be administered in Grade 4 to serve as a basis for determining students' needs for academic intervention services in science. The New York State Grade 4 Elementary-Level Science Test consists of two required components: a Written Test and a…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Science Tests, Testing Programs, Testing
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