Reading Resurces:
Brookhart, S., & Nitko, A. (2019). Educational assessment of students (8th ed.).
Chapter 9: Fill-in-the-Blank and True-False Items (167-179 pages only)
Chapter 10: Multiple Choice and Matching Exercises (182-210 pages only)
Chapter 11: Higher-Order Thinking, Problem Solving, and Critical Thinking (optional)
Chapter 12: Essay Assessment Tasks (243-258 pages only)
Chapter 13: Performance and Portfolio Assessments (261-298 pages only)
Part A: After reading this week’s readings & resources, respond to the following prompt. How do grades relate to student success? Think about the following questions: why do we have grades, are grades necessary, personal grade experiences about learning, and who benefits from the grading process?
Part B-
Using your assessment plan and grading model, craft assessment items for each type listed below. For each item, indicate the objective being assessed.
Fill-in-the-blank – write a minimum of three items
True-False – write a minimum of three items
Multiple Choice – write a minimum of three items
Matching – write one matching set that has at least five premises and responses
Essay – write one essay prompt and include a rubric to assess student responses
Performance Assessment – use the description from your assessment plan and include a rubric to assess student performance
Part C:
Write a Gist statement that addresses the prompt. Your Gist statement needs to be 75 words or less. A typical Gist statement is usually 20 words or less, but due to the complexity of the prompt, the word length has been increased.
