Return-Path: <nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id i46FEfm28186; Thu, 6 May 2004 11:14:41 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 11:14:41 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <BAY17-F16zsiwTwy8mB00010218@hotmail.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Marie Cora" <mariecora@hotmail.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ASSESSMENT:535] To Standardize or Not To Standardize X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Status: O Content-Length: 1826 Lines: 46 Hi everyone, I want to get us back to this valuable conversation regarding V&R. Briefly, for the past couple of weeks, I note that folks have discussed: • Some definitions of validity and reliability and described how they are used in some contexts; • I noted that a few folks feel we need some universally understood terms in order to help us all learn and conduct assessment correctly and similarly; • That if not understood well, V&R can be a principle problem in terms of test misuse or test invalidation; • That perhaps there should be some work on alternatives to V&R To try and pick up where we left off, I have some statements to post here (maybe true, maybe false) that should generate some further discussion in this area: 1. Validity and Reliability are crucial parts of the standardization process – if something is valid and reliable, then it’s automatically standardized. 2. You can standardize any type of assessment. 3. Standardization leads to assessment that is separate from instruction and learning. 4. There are presently no commercial standardized performance assessments appropriate for the ABE/ESOL system. 5. Performance assessment (known as “constructed response”) is always preferable to a multiple choice test format (known as “selected response”). What do you think about this? Please feel free to comment on my summary of what we’ve been discussing this past couple weeks, or, of course, any of the 5 statements that I’ve posted for your thoughts. And certainly, if you've got questions on top of all this, we want to hear them! marie cora NIFL Assessment List Moderator _________________________________________________________________ Getting married? Find tips, tools and the latest trends at MSN Life Events. http://lifeevents.msn.com/category.aspx?cid=married
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