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What does Jay McTighe believe about standardized tests?
What does Jay McTighe believe about standardized tests?
- They are the best way to hold students accountable
- They are a useful tool for assessing student ability
- They are not the answer to demands for accountability (correct)
- They should be the only form of assessment used in schools
What is Jay McTighe's stance on standardized tests?
What is Jay McTighe's stance on standardized tests?
Jay McTighe believes that standardized tests are not the answer to demands for accountability.
True or false:Jay McTighe believes that standardized tests are the best way to measure student performance.
True or false:Jay McTighe believes that standardized tests are the best way to measure student performance.
False (B)
True or false: McTighe advocates for assessment to be a meaningful and central part of a school's learning culture.
True or false: McTighe advocates for assessment to be a meaningful and central part of a school's learning culture.
What does McTighe advocate for in terms of assessment in schools?
What does McTighe advocate for in terms of assessment in schools?
According to McTighe, what should assessment be in a school's learning culture?
According to McTighe, what should assessment be in a school's learning culture?
According to McTighe, why are assessments rooted in selected response or recall inadequate?
According to McTighe, why are assessments rooted in selected response or recall inadequate?
What has Jay McTighe co-authored books on?
What has Jay McTighe co-authored books on?
True or false: McTighe has only authored books on assessing outcomes in the classroom.
True or false: McTighe has only authored books on assessing outcomes in the classroom.
What is McTighe's approach to sound assessment?
What is McTighe's approach to sound assessment?
What does McTighe believe is inadequate for fully assessing student ability?
What does McTighe believe is inadequate for fully assessing student ability?
True or false: McTighe has never held a position in the field of student assessment.
True or false: McTighe has never held a position in the field of student assessment.
What approach does McTighe believe is necessary for sound assessment?
What approach does McTighe believe is necessary for sound assessment?
True or false: McTighe believes that assessments rooted in selected response or recall are sufficient for fully assessing student ability.
True or false: McTighe believes that assessments rooted in selected response or recall are sufficient for fully assessing student ability.
How does McTighe believe assessments of higher order thinking should occur?
How does McTighe believe assessments of higher order thinking should occur?
True or false: McTighe believes that assessments of higher order thinking should occur within assessment tasks framed around issues or problems.
True or false: McTighe believes that assessments of higher order thinking should occur within assessment tasks framed around issues or problems.
How does McTighe believe assessments of higher order thinking should occur?
How does McTighe believe assessments of higher order thinking should occur?
What does McTighe advocate for in terms of grading and reporting?
What does McTighe advocate for in terms of grading and reporting?
What does McTighe advocate for separating when grading and reporting?
What does McTighe advocate for separating when grading and reporting?
What should be added to report cards according to McTighe?
What should be added to report cards according to McTighe?
True or false: McTighe advocates for combining learning skills with academic achievement and performance when grading and reporting.
True or false: McTighe advocates for combining learning skills with academic achievement and performance when grading and reporting.
True or false: McTighe believes that good assessment is essential for good teaching.
True or false: McTighe believes that good assessment is essential for good teaching.
What should be added to report cards, according to McTighe?
What should be added to report cards, according to McTighe?
What is the most effective way to communicate student performance to parents according to McTighe?
What is the most effective way to communicate student performance to parents according to McTighe?
True or false: Principals should only focus on standardized test scores when assessing student performance.
True or false: Principals should only focus on standardized test scores when assessing student performance.
What is the most effective way to communicate student performance to parents, according to McTighe?
What is the most effective way to communicate student performance to parents, according to McTighe?
How can understanding be indicated in assessment according to McTighe?
How can understanding be indicated in assessment according to McTighe?
What is assessment a doorway into, according to McTighe?
What is assessment a doorway into, according to McTighe?
What questions can assessment discussions explore according to McTighe?
What questions can assessment discussions explore according to McTighe?
True or false: Assessment discussions can explore important questions such as what the outcomes mean and how to teach in ways that help students improve their performance.
True or false: Assessment discussions can explore important questions such as what the outcomes mean and how to teach in ways that help students improve their performance.
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Study Notes
- Jay McTighe is an educational thinker focused on student assessment.
- He believes standardized tests are not the answer to demands for accountability.
- McTighe advocates for assessment to be a meaningful and central part of a school's learning culture.
- He has co-authored books on assessing outcomes and learning in the classroom.
- McTighe has served as director of the Maryland Assessment Corporation.
- He believes that assessments rooted in selected response or recall are inadequate for fully assessing student ability.
- To make valid inferences about student learning, we need to base them on various sources of data or evidence.
- Sound assessment requires a photo album approach where we look at various sources of evidence from different types of assessments.
- McTighe believes assessments of higher order thinking should occur within assessment tasks framed around issues or problems.
- He advocates for separating learning skills from actual achievement in a subject area when grading and reporting.
- Grading and reporting is used to communicate student achievement and performance to students, parents, colleges, and employers.
- Teachers base reporting on learning outcomes or content standards.
- Learning skills or work habits should be separated from academic achievement and performance to enable accurate communication of what students do and how well they are learning.
- A third category should be added to report cards to include progress.
- Grounding communication in student work is the most effective way to communicate student performance to parents.
- True understanding is different from knowing, and can be assessed by setting up novel conditions and asking students to apply knowledge and skills appropriately.
- Understanding can be indicated by the ability to explain why or how, take different perspectives, and analyze from multiple doorways.
- Good assessment is at the heart of good teaching.
- Principals should balance high stakes accountability assessments with the recognition of good assessment as part of teaching.
- Parent input can be useful in helping teachers better understand and instruct students.
- Assessment is important in determining whether students have truly understood what they were taught.
- Principals should focus on assessment beyond standardized test scores.
- Principals can promote more discussion about assessment and encourage the use of a variety of methods throughout the school.
- Faculty meetings and in-service days can be used to engage teachers in looking at their assessments and thinking about the larger picture.
- Teachers should make their assessment targets clear to students.
- Principals can provide resources on assessment such as assessment resources for teachers and workshops.
- Assessment is a doorway into the most important questions in the teaching profession.
- Assessment discussions can explore questions such as what the outcomes mean, what quality work looks like, and how to teach in ways that help students get better at the assessment.
- Assessment is more than just getting a grade or a measure.
- The interview was conducted by Ethne Cullen for OPC Professional Affairs.
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