A Psychometric Perspective on Performance Assessment
- Terminology of Performance Assessment
- Defining Performance Assessment
- Examples of PA
Characteristics of Performance Assessments
- Three common characteristics
o Require examinees to respond to stimulus in a manner other than selecting one choice from presented alternatives
o Intended to gauge sophisticated thinking skills
o To score them, someone must inspect response and apply evaluative judgment
Organizing Performance Assessments
- Two rough categories of performance assessment
o Task centered
o Construct centered
- A PA taxonomy
o Type of reasoning competency employed
o Nature of cognitive continuum employed
o Kind of response yielded.
Special Types of Performance Assessment
- Authentic assessment as performance assessment
- Rather than use proxy format
- Complex performance assessments
Validity Issues
- Importance and difficulty in amassing validity evidence for Pas
- PA Validity evaluation as interpretative argument
- Construct evidence for Pas
Essays as Performance Assessments
GW Comment / Question
- Is there a survey equivalent to Performance Assessment – focus group ?
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