Authentic Assessment. Seminar presented to the 14th annual Utah Rural Schools Conference sponsored by the Utah State Office of Education, Orem, Utah, July 1992. Constructing better test items for certification examinations. Workshop presented at Word Perfect Corporation, Orem, Utah, July 1992. Expert witness called by the defense to testify in the court hearing of a case challenging the validity of the performance test used in the chiropractic licensing examination, Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing, Utah State Department of Commerce, Salt Lake City, UT, December, 1992. The basics of item response theory. A series of two training seminars presented to the Learning Disabilities Test Selection Committee, Utah State Office of Education, Salt Lake City, UT, March and October, 1993. Consultant, PPST Validation and Standard Setting Project, College of Education, Weber State University, Logan, Utah, April-November, 1993. Steering committee member and consultant on assessment-related issues, Elementary School Science Core Curriculum Revision Project, Utah State Office of Education, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1993-94. Consultant on the development of performance assessments for elementary school mathematics curricula. Jostens Learning Corporation, Carlsbad, CA. (April 1993-June, 1994). Improving assessment of student achievement in university courses. Workshop presented jointly with Adrian van Mondfrans, Faculty Development Center, Brigham Young University, June, 1994. Constructing valid and reliable tests. Workshop presented to the faculty at Utah Valley State College, Orem, Utah, August 1994 How to score performance assessments in science. Workshop presented to secondary science teachers sponsored by the Utah Office of Education, Midvale Utah, January, 1995. How to write and score essay questions. Series of two faculty development workshops presented to the faculty of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Languages, Brigham Young University, January-February, 1995. How to construct context-dependent test items. Presented at the workshop for new faculty sponsored by the Faculty Center, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, May 6th, 1997. Performance assessment in college classrooms. Presented at the workshop for new faculty sponsored by the Faculty Center, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, May 13th, 1997. Improving the use of essay tests in college classrooms. Presented at the workshop for new faculty sponsored by the Faculty Center, Brigham Young University, Provo, U...
Authentic Assessment. An authentic assessment includes a task for students to perform and a rubric by which their performance on the task will be evaluated. Child-centered learning communities • Student-Centered Teaching and Learning focuses on the needs, abilities, interests, and learning styles of the students. Accordingly, a prominent pedagogy will be teacher- as-coach, to provoke students to learn how to learn and thus to teach themselves, rather than the more traditional teacher-centered learning with teacher-as-deliverer- of-instructional-services, which places the teacher at its center in an active role and students in a passive, receptive role. Developmentally Appropriate Practices • Meeting young children where they are (by stage of development), both as individuals and as part of a group; and helping each child meet challenging and achievable learning goals.
