WGU Educational Assessment

Bloom's Taxonomy authentic assessment real world applications acheivment tests have students learned the outcomes standards trunk of tree - broad general terms, state made Benchmark branches comes from district adn clarifies standards Objective leaves on the branches written by teacher, assessed by teacher (the student should be able to...) for whole class Outcome fruit on brances - actions, behaviors skills that sstudents demonstrate outside of classroom this is what is assessed with ...

System of Assessments includes all assessments given during a year - large scale as well as classroom assessments; provides multiple options for determining what students know and can do Balanced Assessment Program purposely balancing student performance on year-end standardized tests with the day-to-day classroom assessment process, working to keep standardized tests in perspective Assessment Plan "cycle" of assessments in the classroom - starts with placement, followed by formative and...

Code of Professional Responsibility in Educational Measurement As an organization dedicated to the improvement of measurement and evaluation practice in education, the National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) has adopted this Code to promote professionally responsible practice in educational measurement. Professionally responsible practice is conduct that arises from either the professional standards of the field, general ethical principles, or both.Persons who engage in these ac...