Interactive Quiz on Implementing Assessment Programs

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Knowledge Check In addition to good technical design and test development, which of the following is required for successful implementation of a through-year assessment program? 1 Clear governance and policy support Through-year assessment programs require clear sponsorship, ownership, and governance involving multiple agents and stakeholders A Successful program implementation requires resources as well as good ideas Sustainable human and financial resources B Every assessment program will need to be aware of and respond to new needs and changing circumstances Ability to evolve C Successful implementation requires all three aspects. All of the above D Instructions Next Question Instructions Next Question

Knowledge Check Why is a through-year assessment program likely to be more complicated to implement than a single summative assessment program? (Select all that apply.) 2 Often different purposes lead to tensions about implementation Multiple administration conditions and requirements need to be resolved decisions (e.g., flexibility vs security) A Specifications, development, and changes need to be coordinated Multiple assessments with multiple purposes require careful coordination because of dependencies between the programs B Multiple assessments administered multiple times a year are more complicated than a single assessment multiple times per year Key operational actions and quality assurance are required C Multiple agents with different purposes require careful coordination to implement a single through-year program controlled by different agents Classroom and state summative assessments usually are D Previous Question Next Question Previous Question Next Question

Knowledge Check Which of the following considerations might pose the greatest challenge for a policy maker concerning implementation of a through-year assessment program? 3 This might pose a significant challenge for a state where districts wish to retain their interim assessments; it may not pose a challenge for a state where almost all districts use or would be willing to adopt the same commercial assessment; depends on the state s circumstances many districts are using commercial interim assessments Possible consequences of adopting a statewide solution when A This might pose a significant challenge for a state that has a tradition of local district/school control over curriculum; depends on the state s circumstances Possible consequences of defining the within-year pacing of curriculum B This might pose a challenge if users opposed the state having access to classroom assessment information linked to individual teachers; depends on the state s circumstances Need to clarify data sharing and privacy policies C This might pose a challenge if users liked their previous assessments; many states rarely do evaluation of the cost-effectiveness of state programs; depends on the state s circumstances Making the case that a state-sponsored through-year assessment is better than the status quo D Previous Question Next Question Previous Question Next Question

Knowledge Check 4 All of the following statements are true EXCEPT which statement? The need to specify and evaluate a theory of action and interpretive/use validity argument is unique to through-year This is not true because every assessment program should have a theory of action and interpretive/use validity argument. assessments. A This is true for the theory of action to be useful. The through-year assessment program s theory of action should be specific enough to inform test design and use. B This is true because the non-summative aspects of the through-year program are typically very context-dependent what counts as useful to what audience and how it is implemented The success of a through-year assessment program is likely to be more contextually dependent than a state summative assessment program. C This is true because through-year programs usually are less well-known and established than state summative programs and therefore need monitoring and modification. diverse. Formative evaluation is especially important for through-year assessments because the purposes, users, and uses are complex and D Previous Question End Previous Question End

You have reached the end of this learning check Please click anywhere to exit! Dadey, N., Gong. B., Kim, Y., & Sato, E. (2024). Through-year Assessment [Digital ITEMS Module 35]. Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 43(1), 97-98. https://doi.org/10.1111/emip.12595 Previous Question Previous Question