1. EDU 330: Educational Psychology Daniel Moos, PhD
Classroom Assessment
EDU 330: Educational Psychology
Daniel Moos, PhD

2. What do you see? Please do not say it out loud…

3. How Should We Assess Student Learning?
Design assessments based on validity and reliability
Scaffolding:
Direct instruction, group application, individual application 3

4. How Should We Assess Student Learning? continued
Reliability:
Consistency of measurement
Example #1 with a scale
I weigh a bag of potatoes on a scale in the morning and the scale indicates that the bag weighs 5 pounds. If I were to weigh the same bag of potatoes later in the day, a reliable scale would indicate that the bag weighs how many pounds?
Example #2 with a classroom
Think of an assessment for your content area/developmental group OR one that you have recently completed
How can a teacher ensure reliability when evaluating students’ responses for this assessment? 3

5. How Should We Assess Student Learning? continued
Validity:
Accuracy of assessment
Example #1 with a scale
I weigh a bag of potatoes on a scale in the morning and the scale indicates that the bag weighs 5 pounds. I weigh the bag on the same scale later in the day and the scale again registers that the bag weighs 5 pounds.
The scale is reliable because it provide consistent measurement
But, is it valid?
Example #2 with a classroom
How does a teacher know if an assessment is valid? 3

6. How Should We Assess Student Learning? continued
Validity
in the classroom
(1) Deconstruct the standards (i.e. break the standards into learning targets)
(2) Identify an assessment (or series of assessments) and reliable method to evaluate (e.g. Test with multiple formats of questions)
(3) Align learning targets and potential assessment items 3

7. How Should We Assess Student Learning? continued
Knowledge, Comprehension, Application, Synthesis, & Evaluation 3

8. Classroom Assessment: Validity & reliability
Example??

9. Application #1: 4 Corners Discussion
Topic #1: Effort should be assessed and used to evaluate students
Commit to a position: A (strongly agree), B (agree), C (disagree), D (strongly disagree)
Discuss:
Reliability, Validity, Growth/Fixed mindset, Controllable/Uncontrollable attributions
Does content and/or developmental factors matter?
Topic #2: Class participation should be assessed and used to evaluate students
Commit to a position: A (strongly agree), B (agree), C (disagree), D (strongly disagree)
Discuss:
Reliability, Validity, Content, Developmental factors?