Brian's
Class Materials- FALL 2008 - SEYS 362
Queens
College/CUNY
Education Unit
Fall 2008
Online
Assessment Activity
Part 1 - Take a Regents Science exam in your area of science. Please try to do this before our class this Thursday. You can print out an exam from the following link.
Part 2 - Complete the WebQuest on Assessment and Science Education
Form a group of two to four people and sit at a table in ScienceMOO. Visit this webquest link and follow the instructions. Post your group's responses on the Discussion Board in BlackBoard. You can copy and paste the questions from the webquest into your posting.
Part 3 - Carry out a critical review of a Regents Exam your area of science or an Intermediate Science exam.
The goal of this activity is for you to work as a group to review a science exam related to your area of interest and grade level. You can choose a Regents Science Exam or the Intermediate Science Exam for middle school. Answer the questions below and post your answers on the BlackBoard discussion forum. Include the names of the members of your group and the questions. You can copy and paste the questions into the BlackBoard posting.
- Browse the following web sites and then pick an exam to
review:
- Science exam development process - http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/mst/science/sciexamdev.htm
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regents_Examinations
- How are Regents exams scored?
- Regents - http://www.nysedregents.org/
- Elementary/Intermediate exams - http://emsc32.nysed.gov/osa/elintsci.html
- Curriculum - http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/mst.html
- Name of the exam you are reviewing -
- Provide the url to the exam on the web.
- Who takes this exam, i.e. what grade levels, is it required?
- Define validity.
- Define reliability.
- Is the exam you are reviewing valid, why or why not?
- Is the exam you are reviewing reliable, why or why not?
- What is meant by an "objective" test?
- What are the different types of traditional tests?
- Is this test biased? Why or why not? Give specific
examples.
- What is meant by item difficulty?
- What is meant by item discrimination?
- Give examples of some test items with high and low difficulty? Where are they located in the exam?
- Give some examples of test items that discriminate well and not very well?
- If there is an item analysis of your exam available post the link. Check the NYS Office of Assessment web site.
- Construct at least two multiple choice items for your exam.
- What are some strategies that you could use to help your students succeed on the Regents exam? Hint: Take a look at this web site http://www.newyorkscienceteacher.com/sci/pages/reg-prep.php
- Any other comments on the exam.
- Next week we will discuss alternatives to standardized testing.