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Assessment Writing Question Rubric

c Level CTE Standard

Common Core Standard

What Students Need to Know to Answer this Question

1. You just bought a new digital Cannon 5D Mark II body for $2,500.00. You add a 28-135 mm zoom lens for 500.00. The sales tax rate is 7%. How much money including tax will it cost for both items?

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• The ability to read place value of numbers

• Understand the concept of sales tax

• Calculate simple percent• Calculate simple addition.• E is the answer

Station 24Using the test light or DVOM provided, find the answers:•What is the voltage of the battery?•Try to crank the starter. Is there voltage coming out of the ignition switch?•Why does the starter not function?

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1. DVOM usage

2. Component relationships

3.Inerpret results and diagnose inoperative circuit.

What is the Structure of a Good Assessment?

An assessment that tests a student’s Knowledge of content

Application of the contentAnd extension of the content

Types of Assessments

Typical:•Standardized Test•Licensure/Certification Tests•Quizzes•Thinking Maps•Practical Assessments-Performance•Teacher Made Assessments•Published Assessments•Essays- Short Answer

Shift thinking

• Not Format of test-

• What Thinking do you want to Occur ?

• Remembering Factual Information.– What is …

• Understand conceptual knowledge.– Which is these is an example of...– Categorize…

What Thinking do you want to Occur?

• Applying Procedural KnowledgeSolving problemsDiscussing/answer questions on a case study.

Analyze conceptual KnowledgeReading graphs/charts then making predictions with data in response

Evaluating Procedural Knowledge

Read case study and analyze/choose best plan of action

What Type of Question• Focus on the thinking, it will help

determine the type of assessment and questions you want.

• Structure your assessment so you can monitor that type of thinking.

Sample Transitional Statements

• This section will test your ability to recognize the steps in filing a defamation lawsuit.

• These questions will test your ability to determine the best plan of action for both sides of the lawsuit.

• These questions will ask you to analyze the effects of and possible repercussions of the defamation lawsuit.

Level One questions

“Right there” Questions.

Rote Memory Questions

Who What Where When

Level One Questions

• Which type of law allows for flexibility within a legal system?

a. jurisdictional law

b. positive law

c. common law

d. sovereign law

Level One Question

6. ¼ cup = _________ Tbsp.

Level Two

• Inference– There are correct and incorrect inferences

• Like a puzzle– What did the text lead me to believe?

• Must Know content to answer

Level 2

If a person does not know how to identify syllables of a word, what problems might he/she face in future years of education?

a. He might not be able to read new course content.

b. He might lose the ability to read well.c. He might face problems in expressing the

written word.

Level two Question ?

• The food guide pyramid was constructed on the basis of themes. List and explain 2 of the six themes focused around the food guide pyramid? - 4 points

Level Three

• Connecting

• Application

• Synthesis

• Evaluating

• Creating

Level 3 Format

• Typically lend themselves to– a short answer or essay.– Practical assessment (creating)

• Can be multiple choice or matching

• (not the best format)

• Follow up after the practicum

Level 3 Question

• A client has commissioned you to design and produce an ad campaign. The ad and marketing worked well and she wants to run the campaign again but in a new geographic location. You are familiar with the new geographics and know the campaign will be a failure in that venue. What solution has the least impact on both you and the client?

• A. resign from the job

• B. Advise the client of the possible repercussions but support the client and run the campaign if they choose to do so.

C. Keep quiet and NOT discuss your concerns and run the campaign as requested.

D. Consult with another member of your ad firm.

What makes it difficult to answer this question?

Level Three ?

• It takes an average of 9 attempts for a woman to leave an abusive husband. Which need level would this woman be stuck in, and which level would she not be able to achieve?

• A. a. Safety, Love and Belonging• B. Love and Belonging; Safety• C. Love and Belonging; Self Esteem• D. Self-Esteem; Self Actualization

Which type of Questions are the Best?

• A majority of your assessments are practical-use as follow up– Trouble shoot– Alter an aspect

• There is no real “best.”

• You need to use what is appropriate

• for your content

• At that specific point in your curriculum

Writing Leveled Questions

Change this level 1 Question to a Level 2 Question

• Which type of law allows for flexibility within a legal system?

a. jurisdictional law

b. positive law

c. common law

d. sovereign law

The Changing World of Education

End Product

Question Level CTE Standard

Common Core Standard

What Students Need to Know to Answer this Question

1. You just bought a new digital Cannon 5D Mark II body for $2,500.00. You add a 28-135 mm zoom lens for 500.00. The sales tax rate is 7%. How much money including tax will it cost for both items?

A. $210.00B. $3,210.00C.$ 32,100.00

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CTE 653. 28

Ability to selective purchase correct equipment

Math 2.3 percent

Math 1.8 addition of real numbers

• The ability to read place value of numbers

• Understand the concept of sales tax

• Calculate simple percent• Calculate simple addition.• B is the answer

So Where Do We Begin?

• What type of assessment is this?

• What do I want to measure?(Your learning objectives: scope and Sequence or Standards)

Virginia Commonwealth University/Center for Teaching Excellence, Richmond Virgina, 2009

Types of Assessment Questions

• True or F a l s e

• Matching

• Multiple Choice

• SCRshort constructed Response ECR

• Practical Assessment

What a MC question will not do

• Articulate Explanations

• Display thought processes

• Furnish information

• Organize personal thoughts

• Perform a specific task

• Produce original ideas

• Provide examples

A Well-written Objective Question

• Stem• The part where the item in which the problem is stated.

• Choices• Options/alternative answers

• Distractors• The incorrect Choices

How to write good test Questions

• Stem

Recall Ideas-1

Connect Ideas-2

Synthesize Information-2/3

Apply Concepts-2/3

Evaluate Ideas-3

Stem

• Keep it as simple as possible

• Keep it a complete thought-no open ended statements.

• Limit the use of contractions

• Use familiar language

• Use few pornouns.

Example Stem

• Matter is ___________

• The theme of the poem is

• A group of islands is called….

• As prices increase, the quantity supplied will generally

Revised Stems

• Matter is• Which of the statements below is the best definition of

“matter?”• The theme of the poem is• Which of these statements best states the theme of this

poem?• A group of islands is called….• What term is used when referring to a group of islands• As prices increase, the quantity supplied will generally• What happens to the quantity( or supply), when prices of

the product increase?

How to Write Good Multiple Choice…

• Choices• Keep grammatically consistent keep the length of options fairly

consistent.• Include the central idea and most of the phrasing in the stem.• The greater the similarity the greater the difficulty• Avoid “All of the above” or “none of the above.”• Use familiar choices• Limit the use of pronouns

–DistractorsUse only plausible distractors

Examples: Choices/Distractors

Trade

a.Only includes making profits

b.is the buying and selling of products between nations or individuals

c.always keeps tariffs low

d.is always between the United States and another nation in the world.

Who gave the industrial era the title the “Gilded Age?”

a.Gilda Radner

b.Mrs. Wood

c.Mark Twain

d.None of the above

Practice

• Look at the tests on your tables

1. Get a sense of the type of questions being asked – Use the yellow handout to guide your

evaluation of the stem, choice and distractors.

– Rank the test page A B C D.