Practicality, Efficiency and Ethics in Educational Assessment.pdf

Practicality, Efficiency & Ethics in Educational Assessment Start!  Learning Outcomes 1. Describe how testing can be more practical and efficient. 2. Recommend actions to observe ethical standards in testing. Teacher Ana’s Case Teacher Ana, a Grade-10 Mathe...

Practicality, Efficiency & Ethics in Educational Assessment Start!  Learning Outcomes 1. Describe how testing can be more practical and efficient. 2. Recommend actions to observe ethical standards in testing. Teacher Ana’s Case Teacher Ana, a Grade-10 Mathematics Teacher wanted to implement a different way of assessing students’ knowledge and skills in solving problems on circles. So, for her second quarter performance task she wanted to ask students to come up with a diorama showing circle concepts. Teacher Ana is teaching four classes with 40 students each class. Do you think this assessment is practical and efficient for Teacher Ana to implement?  Things to Remember About Practicality and Efficiency in Assessment 1. Familiarity with the Assessment Method 2. Time required 3. Ease of Administration 4. Ease of Scoring 5. Ease of Interpretation 6. Cost Teacher Ana’s Case Factor Suggestion(s) Familiarity Teacher Ana might want to still study what kind of diorama she will implement with the (architectural, entertainment, museum, full size Method or miniature). When planning, Teacher Ana should already visualize what kind of output she expects. If Teacher Ana have already implemented this project, then she can consider showing to students some sample outputs. Teacher Ana’s Case Factor Suggestion(s) Time Longer time is required for students to Required make a diorama. Hence, this can only be feasible if Teacher Ana will give this to students at the start of the grading period. A timeline for this project will also be helpful. Teacher Ana’s Case Factor Suggestion(s) Ease in For this output, Teacher Ana needs to Administration give very specific instructions. She should also consider giving this as a group project and think of how many members will be in one group. Ease of A task-specific rubric is needed to Scoring make the scoring less subjective and easier. Teacher Ana’s Case Factor Suggestion(s) Ease of The time spent in grading this kind Interpretati of assessment is shorter, thus on Teacher Ana can give her feedback on time. Cost Making a diorama will entail cost however; Teacher Ana may want to consider asking students to use only recycled or indigenous materials. Teacher Ana’s Case Final Teacher Ana might want to consider Suggestion giving students a paper-pencil test composed of both objective type of test and problem-solving test since the target is to assess students’ knowledge and skills in solving problems on circles.  REMEMBER! Consider the VALIDITY of your assessment first. Assessment MUST be aligned with your learning objectives and activities. CREDITS: This presentation template was created by Slidesgo, including icons by Flaticon, infographics & images by Freepik and illustrations by Stories ETHICS IN ASSESSMENT “Will any physical or psychological harm come to any of my students as a result of assessment or testing? Things that we need to consider about ethics in assessment: 1. Students should be informed of the learning targets and assessment. “transparency” 2. Provide students enough opportunity to learn. 3. Check the students’ prerequisite knowledge and skills. Things that we need to consider about ethics in assessment: 4. Avoid stereotyping students. Stereotypes are characteristics imposed upon groups of people because of their race, nationality, and sexual orientation (Nittle,2020) Things that we need to consider about ethics in assessment: 5. Avoid bias in assessment tasks and procedures. Popham (2011) identified two forms of assessment bias: offensiveness and unfair penalization. Things that we need to consider about ethics in assessment: 6. Accommodate students’ special needs. Certain accommodations should be given specially for those who are mentally or physically challenged. Sec. 12 of Rep. Act 7277: “Act Providing for the Rehabilitation, Self-development and Self-Reliance of Disabled Person and their Integration into the Mainstream of Society and for other Purposes”. Things that we need to consider about ethics in assessment: 6. Implement assessments that are relevant. Assessment should always serve a purpose. Assessments that are closely related to real-life situations or tasks which will enhance their life skills are considered ethical. summary: PRACTICALITY in assessment means that test/assessment tasks can be implemented with ease. In terms of EFFICIENCY, the assessment tools should take as little time as necessary to get valid and reliable results. ETHICS in assessment should be considered at ALL times. As future teachers, remember to always be fair to your students. Prevent yourself from exercising personal biases when evaluating students’ performance in the classroom. Your biases may result to unethical gathering, recording, and reporting of data.