Standardized testing and assessment go hand in hand. All throughout the school year, students take unit exams. Each unit focuses on a certain TEK (s) and our job as educators is to check for concept attainment. The roadblock sometimes is the length of the test, the rigor of the questions being asked, and how educators are assessing. One thing for sure about the article I located is the ability to meet the needs of every child individually.
Many times as educators we want students who are not mature enough or educated enough to determine their growth and self-assess. (Villanyi et al., 2018) stated “This tool integrates the conditions required for ac- curate self-assessment: (1) a non-competitive setting, (2) items formulated on the task level, and (3) limited reading and no verbalization required. The innovation consists of using illustrations and a language-reduced rating scale.” Students tend to self-assess according to the scale grade of 100. As I always explain to students, you cannot go from a 40 to a 100. I assure that slowly we will get them to that score. Unfortunately, there are some school settings that have not shared that same idea. Students to this day look at a number to determine how ‘smart’ they are.
According to (Villanyi et al., 2018) the research and findings aimed to rigorously empirically investigate whether third- and fourth-graders in elementary school can provide accurate self-assess- ments of key academic competencies (mathematics and reading comprehension) when equipped with a self-assessment tool that combines all the conditions that are favorable for accurate self-assessment (i.e., a non-competitive setting, task-oriented questions, limited reading, and no verbalization required). The study took place in an area with multilingual students and a variety of learners. One thing for sure, is that each child had a positive outcome and established confidence within themselves.
Again! This article hit close to home. When I look at the current STAAR test, which is administered in the state of Texas, I no longer cringe. One measurement tool that STAAR is using is solely looking for growth in a student from year to year.
Going forward the way of technology and teaching in the 21st century is booming. A question that is constantly asked by administration is about students’ concept attainment. If scores are low, they ask the educator to make a plan of action. The tool used in this article uses different concept attainment and is individualized to the need of each child. In using this assessment tool, the results would be more genuine to that of a standard test that is exactly the same for all students.
Works Cited:
Denise Villanyi, Romain Martin, Philipp Sonnleitner, Christina Siry, & Antoine Fischbach (2018). A Tablet – Computer – Based Tool to Facilitate Accurate Self-Assessments in Third- and Fourth- Graders. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (IJET), 10,225. https://doi-org.wmlsrsu.idm.oclc.org/10.3991/ijet.v12i0.8876