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Review of Knowledge and Judgment Scoring
by the
Technology Assisted Student Assessment (TASA) Institute
www.tasainstitute.com/clearinghouse.html
Break Out of Old Test Habits
eSchool News, pp. 1-3, January 19, 2007.
USA
This announcement is about software now available from Nine-Patch
Multiple-Choice, Inc. The stated difference about this multiple-choice scoring
software is that it values and scores knowledge and judgment equally rather
than only counts the number of correct answers as do most multiple-choice
scoring software. The test score starts at 50% rather than zero. Students receive
credit for marking right answers for what they judge they know and can do.
Students also receive equal credit for not marking wrong answers. Each question
requires and rewards the use of higher levels of thinking. A student must first
determine if the question can be used to report something he/she knows or can
do. Secondly, the right answer must be marked or no wrong answer marked (good
judgment). Knowledge and Judgment Scoring produces two independent scores:
knowledge and judgment or quantity and quality. A knowledge and judgment test
score of 60% can also have a quality score of 100% (no wrong answers or poor
judgment). Both the student and teacher know what is known and what is to be
learned. This is a very interesting concept for educators to investigate to
determine its usefulness in the classroom (bolding added).
Welcome to the Future of Student Assessment
Over
the past decade, assessment has become a central feature of the educational
environment. Emerging technology promises a revolutionary shift in the future
delivery and management of assessment and holds potential to deliver
significant advantages in the assessment OF and FOR learning in the K-12
system.
In 2004, the Society for the Advancement of Excellence in Education established
TASA Institute in 2004 to examine the application of technology to student
assessment and study rapidly unfolding developments in this field.
The purposes of the Institute are:
1. To document trends, leading-edge prototypes, evidence regarding their
effectiveness, best practice, and implications for policy in the field of
technology-delivered student assessment.
2. To develop a next-generation assessment toolset and process,
leveraging the considerable strengths of computer and online technologies.
3. To collaborate with Ministries of Education, school districts,
testing agencies and international researchers in the piloting and evaluation
of computer assisted assessment models.
4. To serve as a clearinghouse for research and provide a source of
expertise to schools, districts, and ministries/departments of education on the
design, implementation, and use of computer based assessment.
About the TASA Institute
The TASA
Institute is a specialized research initiative of the Society for the
Advancement of Excellence in Education (SAEE), a non-profit Canadian education
research agency. TASA's mission is to study and advance knowledge in the
development and application of assessment technology in the Canadian public
education system.
TASA seeks to provide, in the first instance, the following services to the
Canadian education system:
» An up-to-date
information source/clearinghouse on computer-based assessment programs,
strategies, outcomes, best practice and policy implications
» Access to leading
expertise to assist in the design and implementation of provincial or district
Computer Based Assessment (CBA) initiatives