Preparing for the Future: What Educational Assessment Must Do

Autor/in	Bennett, Randy Elliot
Titel	Preparing for the Future: What Educational Assessment Must Do
Quelle	In: Teachers College Record, 116 (2014) 11Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0161-4681
Schlagwörter	Educational Assessment; Educational Change; Evaluation; Evaluation Needs; Relevance (Education); Essays; Competence; Alignment (Education); Scoring; Test Interpretation; Design Requirements; Context Effect; Information Sources; Privacy; Evidence; Technology Uses in Education; Educational Indicators + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Education; assessment; Bewertungssystem; Bildungsreform; Evaluierung; Relevance; Relevanz; Essay; Aufsatzunterricht; Kompetenz; Bewertung; Test analysis; Testauswertung; Design preferences; Gestaltungsmittel; Information source; Informationsquelle; Privatsphäre; Evidenz; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Educational indicato; Bildungsindikator
Abstract	Background/Context: There is little question that education is changing, seemingly quickly and in some cases dramatically. The mechanisms through which individuals learn are shifting from paper-based ones to electronic media. Simultaneously, the nature of what individuals must learn is evolving, in good part due to an exponential accumulation of knowledge and of technology to access, share, and exploit that knowledge. Finally, how education is organized, offered, and administered is undergoing transformation, most apparently--but not only--in higher education. With potentially seismic changes in the mechanisms, nature, and organization of education must also come changes in educational assessment. Purpose: This paper makes 13 claims about what educational assessment must do if it is to remain relevant in the face of rapid and potentially dramatic changes in education and society. Research Design: Analytic essay. Conclusions/Recommendations: If it is to remain relevant, educational assessment must provide meaningful information; satisfy multiple purposes; use modern conceptions of competency as a design basis; align test and task designs, scoring, and interpretation with those modern conceptions; adopt modern methods for designing and interpreting complex assessments; account for context; design for fairness and accessibility; design for positive impact; design for engagement; incorporate information from multiple sources; respect privacy; gather and share validity evidence; and use technology to achieve substantive goals. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10