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President's Message, Joanie Funderburk
President's Message, Joanie Funderburk
Colorado Mathematics Teacher
Assessment refers to more than just high-stakes tests. Teachers assess students every time they ask a question, have students share work on the board, review a homework assignment, or solicit student questions during a lesson.
The Seesaw App: Providing Differentiated Assessment Opportunities, Tessa Ziser
The Seesaw App: Providing Differentiated Assessment Opportunities, Tessa Ziser
Colorado Mathematics Teacher
I discovered the Seesaw app, which allows students to create drawings, videos, and pictures that become part of an online portfolio. Although it is not THE answer to assessment, it has become one of my (and my students’) favorites.
The Redesigned Sat Calls For A Conceptual Approach, Jeff Mccalla
The Redesigned Sat Calls For A Conceptual Approach, Jeff Mccalla
Colorado Mathematics Teacher
Be intentional about including conceptual questions on every assessment that students take.
Probing For Bias: Comparing Populations Using Item Response Curves, Paul J. Walter, Edward Nuhfer, Crisel Suarez
Probing For Bias: Comparing Populations Using Item Response Curves, Paul J. Walter, Edward Nuhfer, Crisel Suarez
Numeracy
We introduce an approach for making a quantitative comparison of the item response curves (IRCs) of any two populations on a multiple-choice test instrument. In this study, we employ simulated and actual data. We apply our approach to a dataset of 12,187 participants on the 25-item Science Literacy Concept Inventory (SLCI), which includes ample demographic data of the participants. Prior comparisons of the IRCs of different populations addressed only two populations and were made by visual inspection. Our approach allows for quickly comparing the IRCs for many pairs of populations to identify those items where substantial differences exist. For each …
Measuring Numeracy: Validity And The Programme For The International Assessment Of Adult Competencies (Piaac), Samuel L. Tunstall
Measuring Numeracy: Validity And The Programme For The International Assessment Of Adult Competencies (Piaac), Samuel L. Tunstall
Numeracy
A tension raised in recent scholarship is that between numeracy as a social practice and numeracy as a functional skill set. Such frameworks for conceptualizing numeracy pose a challenge to assessment because what individuals do with numeracy is not the same as what individuals can do (or express) in an assessment setting. This study builds on work related to numeracy assessment through a validity examination of a portion of a well-known assessment: the OECD’s Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC). In following a path set out by standards for assessment, I ask: What does the PIAAC numeracy …