21st Century Social Studies Assessment

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• Abstract
• S.S. Learning & Assessment Objectives
• Defining Assessment
• Examples of A.A.
• Advantages of Traditional Assessment
• Disadvantages of A. A.
• Disadvantages of Traditional Assessment
• Advantages of A. A.
• Why we need Change
• Challenges & Controversies of A. A.
• Recommendations
• Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Feedback

  Advantages of Traditional/Standardized Assessment

- Helpful for gauging students' progress (J. Franklin, 2002).

- Allowed examiners to pose an identical set of questions simultaneously, under similar conditions, in much less time and less cost to a rapidly expanding student body, thereby producing a comparable score for policy instruments (Mathison, 1997; Stiggins, 1991).

- Reveal how well students can recall, organize, and clearly communicate previously learned information.  http://www.college.cengage.com/education/pbl/tc/assess.html

- Traditional tests can’t be beaten when it comes to reliability, not to mention   efficiency. There is little chance that the scores on a test will vary between one rater (Liskin-Gasporro, 1997).

 -Wide range of statistical analyses and comparisons because the true score on a test is very close to the reported score (Liskin-Gasporro, 1997).

- Evidence shows that traditional assessment is linked with public accountability which paves the way to school improvement. Thus accountability for test scores is viewed as the key to productive educational change (Stiggins, 1995).

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