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7/28/2019 Five Hallmarks of Effective Assessment
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The assessment strategy for your course must develop
from the outcomes defined for your course.
The assessment strategy for your course
should use a variety of measures to
gather evidence of learning.
What will students know / be able to do? Is it observable? How will students demonstrate learning? What matters most?
Match your assessments to what you teach!
Why?Reduces the risk of academic dishonesty
Minimizes the limitation of a single measureFair
The assessment strategy for your course sho
include formative and summative assessmen
The assessment strategy for your cours
must allow learning to be proven over tim
Formative Occurs during thelearning process Open-Cycle:Opportunities to makemistakes and remediate Improve and enhancelearning
Summative
May occur atmidterm, end of unitend of a course. Closed-Cycle: Finaldemonstration oflearning Summarize studentlearning (attainment)
"A variety of assessment methods is
employed so that the limitations of
particular methods are minimized.Australian Universities Teaching Committee
"Assessment is most effective
when it reflects an understanding
of learning as multidimensional,
integrated, and revealedinperformance over time.
9 Principles
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The assessment strategy for your course must
provide opportunities for quality feedback.
ality FeedbackIs timely: immediate or performer-friendly in
ts immediacyIs frequent & ongoingUses predominantly descriptive language in
assessing aspects of performance (explanatory)Enables performers to improve through self-
assessment and self-adjustment