Cherice MontgomerySpan 676/SLaT 604

Fall 2013BYU

Introduction to Assessment

What comes to mind when you see this word?

anxiety

cheating

accommodations

standardized testingNCLB

testing practices

GRADESfear

acronymns

What ELSE might this word mean?(Find a new partner every time a new slide appears.)

What has this exercise helped you to see or understand differently about

assessment?

test

• grade• score• standardized

Assessment Taboo (Example)

Image Credits• Cancsain. (2006, December 21). Test me. Stock Xchng.

Retrieved August 29, 2013, from http://www.sxc.hu/photo/684719 Used under a Royalty-free Stock Xchng License.

• Greschoj. (2008, August 8). Chemistry 1. Stock Xchng. Retrieved August 29, 2013, from http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1054746 Used under a Royalty-free Stock Xchng License.

• Gwarek, Dominik. (2007, September 7). Feedback form: Excellent. Stock Xchng. Retrieved August 29, 2013, from http://www.sxc.hu/photo/866529 Used under a Royalty-free Stock Xchng License.

Image Credits• Hartman, David. (2006, April 29). Scanning test. Stock Xchng.

Retrieved August 29, 2013, from http://www.sxc.hu/photo/517386 Used under a Royalty-free Stock Xchng License.

• LeGrande, Benito. (2011, January 31). Test letters. Stock Xchng. Retrieved August 29, 2013, from http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1335048 Used under a Royalty-free Stock Xchng License.

• Miller, Luke. (2005, December 20). Crash test dummies. Stock Xchng. Retrieved August 29, 2013, from http://www.sxc.hu/photo/429551 Used under a Royalty-free Stock Xchng License.

Image Credits• Rotorhead. (2006, March 11). Blood glucose measure. Stock

Xchng. Retrieved August 29, 2013, from http://www.sxc.hu/photo/485478 Used under a Royalty-free Stock Xchng License. Photographer notified and credited.

• Therrien, Jessie. (2010, August 12). Feet. Stock Xchng. Retrieved August 29, 2013, from http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1302426 Used under a Royalty-free Stock Xchng License. Photographer notified and credited.