1. Assessment

2. “Studies suggest that many physical educators fail to assess their students’ motor behavior properly. The major reason for this is lack of training.”

3. Guidelines for Assessment Why do you want to assess your students/patients? What variables do you plan to assess? Which tests purport to assess the variables that you have identified? How will you prepare for collecting the data?

4. Guidelines for Assessment Do you have the statistical skills to interpret the assessment data? Will you be conducting an informal or a formal assessment? How, and with whom, will you share the assessment results?

5. Why Assess? Screening –To identify needs –To determine if an individual requires further testing, additional programming, or instruction Program content –Plan the content of a particular program

6. Why Assess? Student progress –Are individuals meeting the course or program objectives? Program evaluation –Is the program meeting the objectives for enhanced skill development? Classification –Placement of individuals by group

7. What Variables to Assess Instructional units that are tied to specific objectives indicate which variables are assessed Assess variables tied to program objectives

8. Validity –Test measures what it claims to measure Content validity ~ the instrument contains tasks that measure specific content of interest –A subjective measure Selecting the Ideal Test

9. Reliability –Consistency of test scores Individual scores do not vary significantly from day to day, assuming there has been no additional instruction –Measured statistically Selecting the Ideal Test

10. Objectivity –Interrater reliability –Degree of accuracy to which a test is scored –Determined statistically Statistical determination is performed by computing a correlation coefficient for two sets of scores Selecting the Ideal Test

11. Correlation coefficient –A set of ratings compiled by one scorer is correlated with the scores obtained by a second scorer A correlation coefficient of 0.80 –1.00 is acceptable Caution: norms are population specific –Height of American children should not be compared with the norms in height for Japanese children Selecting the Ideal Test

12. Test feasibility –Which test can be administered in the least amount of time? –Must you administer the test to a single student, or can it be administered to groups? –Do you have the training and expertise to administer the test? Selecting the Ideal Test

13. Test feasibility –Do you have all of the supplies and equipment needed for test administration? –Do you have the training and expertise to interpret the test results? Selecting the Ideal Test

14. Preparing Students for Assessment To reduce test anxiety –Test environment can be controlled –Meet the participant’s physical needs Procedure for restroom breaks –Meet the participant’s psychological needs Introduce the test with conversation Reveal what will be done during the test Avoid the word “test” Allow participants to explore the equipment

15. Instructor Preparation and Data Collection Do you have the necessary equipment to administer the assessment? Can you deliver the standardized directions to students taking the assessment? Do you have an appropriate score sheet with extra pencils on hand?

16. Instructor Preparation and Data Collection Are you adequately prepared to administer the assessment without constantly referring to the test manual? If assessment requires observation, do you possess valid observational skills? –Are you able to recognize deviations from the norm? –From what point will you observe?

17. Instructor Preparation and Data Collection You must think through and even pilot (test run) your assessment procedures prior to administering the test to a target population

18. Interpreting the Assessment Data Need to have an understanding of measures of central tendency and measures of variability Measures of central tendency –Mean – arithmetic average –Median – 50 th percentile –Mode – score that appears most frequently

19. Interpreting the Assessment Data Measures of variability –Describes the spread of scores A measure of variability –Standard deviation – describes the degree to which the scores vary about the mean of the distribution –δ = sigma (standard deviation symbol)

20. Interpreting Assessment Data

21. Formal vs. Informal Assessment When assessment is performed in an informal manner, the student is not generally aware that an observation is being made Playbased assessment –Children are involved in free play within an approved area, but in the presence of an adult facilitator

22. Formal vs. Informal Assessment Playbased assessment –Facilitator plays along and models the child's play behavior –Later, the facilitator will coax the child into exhibiting new movements –During this time, an evaluation is being conducted –Videotaping is recommended

23. Types of Assessment Instruments Norm-referenced –Quantitative evaluations designed to compare a person’s skill and abilities with those of others from similar age, gender, and socioeconomic categories –Also called psychometric instruments –Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development III, Gesell Developmental Schedules, Bruininks- Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency, Test of Gross Motor Development-2

24. Types of Assessment Instruments Norm-referenced –Advantages Easy to administer Minimal training required to administer the test Scoring procedures are simple Compare results to others in peer group –Disadvantages Provides only “average” results

25. Types of Assessment Instruments Criterion-referenced –These instruments evaluate the “quality” of a person’s performance –Can determine placement of an individual along the developmental continuum –Compares an individual to him/herself over time –Common testing procedures for motor developmentalists

26. Types of Assessment Instruments Criterion-referenced –Advantages Provides more insight into programming considerations Provides a true developmental assessment –Disadvantages More complicated to administer than norm- referenced tests

27. Types of Assessment Instruments Product-oriented assessment –The examiner is more interested in performance outcomes than the technique used to perform the task –Measures quantitative outcomes How far How many –Pass-fail system –Score for each successful completion of a task

28. Product- vs. Process-Oriented Assessment Process-oriented assessment –Requires a component approach “the identification of developmental characteristics of body parts within a task” –Disadvantages A comprehensive understanding of developmental steps and a prolonged period of study and practice of the techniques is required –Conducting this type of assessment within a large school population is questionable

29. Product- vs. Process-Oriented Assessment Component approach assessments not feasible to use with large classes –Takes too much time –Appropriate for small classes Total body approach assessments more feasible with large classes

30. Selected Norm-Referenced (NR) Instruments Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development III (2005) –Subtests to identify deficits in young children (1-42 months) Cognitive Motor Language Social-Emotional Adaptive Behavior Motor subtests –Body control –Large muscle coordination –Fine motor manipulatory skills –Dynamic movement –Dynamic praxis –Postural imitation –Stereognosis

31. Selected Norm-Referenced (NR) Instruments Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency (BOTMP) –Test battery of 8 subtests with 46 items –Short and long form –Provides a comprehensive index of motor proficiency and individual measures of fine and gross motor skills in children 4.5 to 14.5 years of age

32. Selected Norm-Referenced (NR) Instruments Basic Motor Ability Test – Revised –Designed to assess selected large and small muscle control responses –Can be used with children 4 to 12 years of age –Some test items: bead stringing, target throwing, back and hamstring stretch, static balance, basketball throw, agility run

33. Selected Norm-Referenced (NR) Instruments Denver II –A major revision and restandardization of the original Denver Development Screening Test –Designed to screen children between birth and 6 years of age for developmental delays in four areas

34. Selected Norm-Referenced (NR) Instruments Areas 1.Personal-social 2.Fine motor adaptive 3.Language 4.Gross motor Test sheet is unique Scoring: pass-fail, refusal, no opportunity to observe grading Training aids available DENVER II

35. Selected Norm-Referenced (NR) Instruments 4 AREAS of child’s development tested in Denver II 1.Personal-social –Drinking from a cup, removing one’s own garments, washing and drying hands 2.Fine motor adaptive –Ability to perform tasks as passing a block from hand to hand, stacking blocks 3.Language –Ability to imitate sounds, name body parts, define words 4.Gross motor –Ability to sit, walk, jump, throw

36. Selected Process-Oriented Assessment Instruments SIGMA –The Ohio State University Scale of Intra-Gross Motor Assessment –A criterion-referenced tool designed to evaluate motor behavior of normal preschool, elementary, and young mentally retarded school children –11 fundamental motor skills in four developmental levels assessed –A Performance Based Curriculum (PBC) is included with the assessment test

37. Selected Process-Oriented Assessment Instruments Developmental Sequence of Motor Skills Inventory –This analysis is based upon the configuration of the total body during performance of a task –Three to five stages of behavior are observed –Level of development is then classified for hopping, skipping, galloping, throwing, catching, punting, striking, kicking, long jumping

38. Selected Process-Oriented Assessment Instruments Fundamental Motor Pattern Assessment Instrument –Used to assess developmental changes over time for fundamental patterns Walking, running, jumping, throwing overhand, catching, kicking –Performer is scored in one of three stages of development Initial stage, elementary stage, mature stage

39. Selected Process-Oriented Assessment Instruments Test of Gross Motor Development – 2 –Used to identify children between 3.0 and 10.11 years of age who may be significantly behind in gross motor skill development and eligible for special education services –Locomotor and object-control skills are evaluated –Normative data stratified by age, geography, gender, race, residence

40. Assessing the Disabled Although individuals with selected special needs perform behind their “normal” peers, both groups follow similar patterns of development Most assessment tests are geared to the “normal” population Comparisons using normative data are inappropriate

41. Assessing the Disabled Brigance Diagnostic Inventory of Early Development (BDIED) –Criterion-referenced test with norms –Assesses behaviors that are divided into 11 domains –Can assess development from birth to 6 years of age –Easy to administer and interpret

42. Assessing the Disabled Brigance Diagnostic Inventory of Early Development: Assessment Categories 1.Preambulatory motor skills and behaviors 2.Gross motor skills and behaviors 3.Fine motor skills and behaviors 4.Self-help skills 5.Prespeech behaviors 6.Speech and language skills 7.General knowledge and comprehension 8.Readiness skills 9.Basic reading skills 10.Writing skills 11.Math skills

43. Assessing the Disabled I CAN –The goal of this assessment is to improve the quality of physical education instruction for all students –Target population: “children whose overall developmental growth is slower than the average, as well as.. children with specific learning disabilities, social, or emotional adjustment difficulties, and or economic or language disadvantages”

44. Assessing the Disabled I CAN –Criterion-referenced –Easy to administer –Modules include Preprimary motor and play skills Primary skills Sport, leisure, and recreation skills

45. Aids in Assessing Motor Skills Checklists or reminder sheets that list key descriptive terms for each developmental level to jog the examiner’s memory Videotaping individual performance

46. Assessing Physical Fitness Physical-fitness test batteries –FITNESSGRAM/ACTIVITYGRAM –President’s Challenge –National Youth Physical Fitness Program –National Children and Youth Fitness Studies I and II –Functional Fitness Assessment for Adults Over 60 Years –Senior Fitness Test –Canada Standard Test of Fitness