General Responsibilities of Ethical Practices ✔✔1. Protect the health and safety of all participants
2. Be knowledgeable about and behave in
... [Show More] compliance with state and federal laws relevant to the
conduct of professional activities
3. Maintain and improve their professional competence in educational assessment
4. Provide assessment services only in areas of their competence and experience, affording full
disclosure of their professional qualifications
5. Promote the understanding of sound assessment practices in educations
6. Adhere to the highest standards of conduct and promote professionally responsible conduct with
educational institutions and agencies that provide educational services
7. Perform all professional responsibilities with honesty, integrity, due care, and fairness.
No Child Left Behind (NCLB) 2002 ✔✔is a government mandate to schools and states to have
ALL children up to grade level with their peers. It set unrealistic goals and penalized schools that
did not make Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP). The act also required all teachers become "highly
qualified". With these new benchmarks and changes to the ways states' addressed education, came
increased accountability. Failure could mean a decrease in funding or dissolution of a
school/district. Achievement was linked to standardized testing done grades 3-8 and at least one
year during high school. Tied achievement to annual standardized tests. These tests are
administered to grades 3-8 and at least one year between 9-12th grades.
Elementary and Secondary Education Act 1994 (ESEA). Reauthorized ✔✔Challenging standards
were set for student achievement and to develop and administered to "all" students and required
that all schools make "Adequate Yearly Practice". It also included "special needs students" in the
definition of all students. States were required to set challenging standards for student
achievement, and develop and administer assessments to measure student progress towards those
standards. Federal laws such as ESEA and IDEA can be seen as legislated attempts to 'raise the
bar.'
Instruction is most effective when ✔✔1. Directed toward a clearly defined set of intended learning
outcomes.
2. The methods and materials of instruction are congruent with the outcomes to be achieved.
3. The instruction is designed to fit the characteristics and needs of the students.
4. Instructional decisions are based on information that is meaningful, dependable, and relevant.
5. Students are periodically informed concerning their learning progress.
6. Remediation is provided for students not achieving the intended learning.
7. Instructional effectiveness is periodically reviewed and the intended learning outcomes and
instruction modified as needed.
Assessment is most effective when ✔✔1. Designed to assess a clearly defined set of intended
learning outcomes.
2. The nature and function of the assessments are congruent with the outcomes to be assessed.
3. The assessments are designed to fit the relevant student characteristics and are fair to everyone.
4. Assessments provide information that is meaningful, dependable, and relevant.
5. Provision is made for giving the students early feedback of assessment results.
6. Specific learning weaknesses are revealed by the assessment results.
7. Assessment results provide information useful for evaluating the appropriateness of the
objectives, the methods, and the materials of instruction.
Authentic Assessments ✔✔A title for performance assessments that stresses the importance of
focusing on the application of understandings and skills to real problems in real-world; contextual
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