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Publications (11)


Affording Higher Quality Assessments Getting to Higher-Quality Assessments: Evaluating Costs, Benefits, and Investment Strategies
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Barry Topol

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John Olson

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Pat Hennon

Citations (5)


... Así, la evaluación justa se concibe más próxima a la igualdad o más cercana a la equidad. Lam (1995) indica que los docentes que conciben una evaluación justa desde una perspectiva igualitaria se centran en garantizar la igualdad de condi-ciones en la realización de la prueba (materiales, tiempo, espacio, recursos, etc.). La evaluación igualitaria requiere la misma administración, contenidos, puntuación e interpretación de los resultados, persiguiendo, por lo tanto, la objetividad. ...

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Las concepciones sobre una evaluación justa de los estudiantes. Un estudio fenomenográfico desde la perspectiva de los docentes
Defining Performance Assessment
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  • September 2015

Linda Darling‐Hammond

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Jamal Abedi

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Barry Topol

... It was a headache for a variety of critics to observe that the checked frameworks meant rote learning in contrast with the skills of perceiving the problems and solving them. The daily and formalized gauging paradigm excluded the most important learning and development processes and did not assess the entire range of students' potential (Darling-Hammond, 2014). Therefore, the lack of substantial application in these assessments has raised questions concerning their usefulness in planning the future of students outside of the classroom. ...

Next Generation Assessment: Moving Beyond the Bubble Test to Support 21St Century Learning
  • Citing Book
  • September 2015

... In the 1990s, performance-based assessments became a valid alternative to traditional multiple-choice tests. In the years that followed, legislative requirements shifted the emphasis to standardized testing, which caused a decline in nontraditional testing methods [6]. Currently, more school districts and universities are seeking authentic measures of student learning, and performancebased assessments have become increasingly relevant. ...

Investing in Assessments of Deeper Learning: The Costs and Benefits of Tests That Help Students Learn
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  • September 2015

... An Automated Essay Scoring (AES) engine is a statistical model used to evaluate an essay in a manner that is as close to human scoring as possible. The cost of using AES engines has been estimated to be from one fifth to a half of the cost of human scoring [24]. ...

Affording Higher Quality Assessments Getting to Higher-Quality Assessments: Evaluating Costs, Benefits, and Investment Strategies
  • Citing Article

... The wide adoption of CAA, usually in conjunction with the MC format, has been attributed, among other reasons, to its cost-effectiveness [1,[30][31][32][33]. Online and blended courses are probable scenarios of future education concerning the various teaching modalities because of their flexibility, ease of access, and cost-effectiveness [34][35][36]. ...

The cost of new higher-quality assessments: A comprehensive analysis of the potential costs for future state assessments
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  • January 2010