Performance based Assessments   Details:   Select one of the following broad learning outcomes:   Identifies and sequences main ideas and details of a literature text.   Applies higher-level comprehension strategies (predicting, visualizing, questioning, making connections, and making inferences) to a science content area.   Discerns and explains the theme of a literature text.   […]

Deconstructing Assessment Items Details:   Review “Sample Arizona AIMS Exam Questions.” This contains seven assessment items for fourth-graders from the standardized Arizona AIMS exam. Complete this assignment in three parts:   Complete a “Table of Specifications” using the table format provided. Begin by analyzing each of the seven assessment items. For each item, create a […]

Select one of the following learning outcomes, which you will use to write a 25-item traditional test:   Identify and explain the function of the three branches of government.   Explain the ways in which our state government provides for its citizens.   Explain the role of citizens in our democratic system.   Research procedures […]

Formative Assessment Video Reflection   Details:   View the video on the Teaching Channel website. Answer the two reflection questions on the side of the video page, as well as the following in one paragraph each (four paragraphs total) in 250-500-words:   List examples of the use of academic language in the video.   What […]

DQ1 What is classroom assessment? What is the difference between a classroom assessment and a test? What are some examples of types/styles of assessments?   DQ2 What steps are necessary when creating a classroom assessment? What steps might you take first before all others? Why?       ELM 530 Types and Purposes of Assessment […]

DQ1 Explain the process you have taken to complete your Comprehensive Assessment Plan. Where are you in this process? Where have you seen challenges? What have you done to address those challenges?   DQ2 How can assessment be used to promote continuous intellectual and social development?

DQ1 What resources might you utilize when creating assessments to meet diverse students’ needs in addition to accommodations? With whom might you make contact in order to obtain further information about students’ needs? For example, this may refer to ELL students or students with IEPs.   DQ2 Identify what the difference is between presentation accommodations […]

https://mindsblow.com/product/elm-530-entire-course-types-and-purposes-of-assessment/   ELM 530 Types and Purposes of Assessment Full Course   Week 1 Discussion   DQ1 What is classroom assessment? What is the difference between a classroom assessment and a test? What are some examples of types/styles of assessments?   DQ2 What steps are necessary when creating a classroom assessment? What steps might you […]

Formative Assessment Video Reflection   Details:   View the video on the Teaching Channel website. Answer the two reflection questions on the side of the video page, as well as the following in one paragraph each (four paragraphs total) in 250-500-words:   List examples of the use of academic language in the video.   What […]

One of the most effective ways we can understand what it is we know, what we have learned, and what we still need to know is through reflective writing. While reflective writing is not, by definition, technical writing, this weekly exercise should help you to better assess your progress through the course and course concepts. […]