Teachers are responsible for understanding and evaluating the validity, reliability, accessibility, and bias of the assessment practices they use in their classrooms. In this task, you will choose an assessment practice to evaluate for these four aspects. You will then explain how you will conduct that evaluation and provide examples of assessment items that can affect validity, accessibility, and bias.
Your submission must be your original work. No more than a combined total of 30% of the submission and no more than a 10% match to any one individual source can be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from sources, even if cited correctly. The originality report that is provided when you submit your task can be used as a guide.
A. Describe an assessment practice (e.g., exit slip, journal, portfolio) and the context (e.g., subject, grade level, setting) for when this practice could be used in the classroom.
1. Explain how to evaluate this assessment practice for validity.
a. Discuss an example of how a specific assessment item could decrease validity when using this assessment practice.
2. Explain how to evaluate this assessment practice for reliability.
3. Explain how to evaluate this assessment practice for accessibility.
a. Discuss an example of how a specific assessment item could decrease accessibility when using this assessment practice.
4. Explain how to evaluate this assessment practice for bias.
a. Discuss an example of how a specific assessment item could increase bias when using this assessment practice.
B. Acknowledge sources, using in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.
C. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.
