1. Assessing Student Learning in Physical Education KNR 242

2. Assessment Process used to measure student outcomes/learning

3. Uses of Assessment How much learning has occurred in a given time period Judge the quality of learning that has occurred Help with improvement of instruction

4. What should we assess? That depends! –Your philosophy –Your objectives –Purpose of assessment –Standards (National, State, District) –Societal expectations and events

5. Traditional Assessment Teacher observations Standardized skills tests Fitness tests Written tests

6. Traditional Assessment Advantages –More objective –Reliable and valid in some cases –Usually designed by trained experts –Software available Disadvantages –Validity issues –Not practical to administer –Scores must be transformed into useable data to improve learning

7. Alternative Assessment Group projects Presentations Activity logs Role-playingPortfoliosRubricsChecklists

8. Alternative Assessment Advantages –Flexible design –Able to meet needs of diverse learners –Fosters the ability to learn how to learn Disadvantages –Difficult to create –More time for students to complete –More time for teachers to evaluate

9. Authentic Assessment Assessments that occur during game play –Application of learning –Game-like situations

10. Issues with Assessment Pre and Post Testing – Compounding Errors – Ceiling Effect – Ability Levels – Maturation – Sandbagging – Unit Length Concerns Managing results Time Developmental appropriateness How to weight each assessment

11. Assessment Tips Be choosy Borrow others’ ideas Use self- and peer-assessments Use worksheets to report scores Build assessments into learning tasks Use technology whenever possible