Fairness and Consequential Validity of Teacher Work Samples

Acknowledging the necessity to establish the fairness and consequential validity of teacher candidate performance assessments when they are used to make high-stakes decisions impacting entry into the profession, we investigated whether there were any adverse results from the use of the Renaissance Teacher Work Sample (TWS) assessment at two universities as a consequence of the age, gender, or race/ethnicity of teacher candidates. We also investigated education program and program entrance requirements, such as Praxis I scores, and measures of grade point average, as general predictors of TWS success. The findings indicated no disparate impact or adverse consequences based on the gender, age, or race/ethnicity of the teacher candidates. Selected variables did predict a moderate amount of the variance of the TWS total scores of both preinterns and student-teaching interns. The process used to determine the value implications of the results was also discussed.     

Introduction to the special issue on teaching and learning in information retrieval

We present an overview of the special issue in this paper. The main objective is to provide information for lecturers on how to improve the student experience, using current knowledge in the field. To this end we present an overview of six papers covering areas as diverse as tools and methods used to support teaching and learning, pedagogical challenges in teaching mathematics for search, etc.     

基于网络环境下的馆藏评价研究

随着图书馆外部环境的变化,数字馆藏的增多,对馆藏进行评价,不仅有助于图书馆了解本馆资源,而且有助于掌握用户的需求。在借鉴传统馆藏评价标准的基础上,研究虚拟馆藏的评价指标和方法。     

步入高校教学水平评估后时代的图书馆发展策略

高校本科教学评估是教育部全面衡量高校办学水平的重要措施和手段,而高校图书馆又是本科评估中不可分割的重要组成部分。文章针对评估对图书馆所产生的各种有利因素和不利影响,提出了评估后时代图书馆的发展策略。     

探析我国高校图书馆评估研究现状及存在的问题

分析目前我国高校图书馆评估研究现状,对评估理论、评估指标选取、评估指标体系建立以及评估方法等研究现状进行了探讨。提出目前我国高校图书馆评估研究中存在的问题。     

医学论文质量评价的若干问题

医学论文质量评价、信息交换的传统模式正在发生变化.审稿方法有明显缺陷而改革乏力.引文分析和影响因子的使用存在争议,且偏离了正确的使用轨道.开放存取出版模式与传统审稿方法相结合或许能成为医学论文评价的一种途径,做到真正意义上的"公开,公平,公正".     

信息科技教学中的过程性评价策略研究

在中学信息科技教学中,如何恰当实施过程性评价？如何评价学生是否能够灵活运用信息技术手段来表达内容,而让技术为内容服务？如何利用评价推动学生的思维能力的发展？如何针对不同的信息科技作品,采用相对稳定统一的评价模式？针对上述问题,研究国际文凭课程中信息科技和计算机科学课程采用的评价模式,探讨类似模式在我国中学实施的可能性,形成了在信息科技教学中实施过程性评价的策略。同时,为了这些策略的实施,还研究了利用信息化平台作为过程性评价工具的可行性。     

形成性评价对非英语专业大学生英语写作策略的影响

本研究以准实验的形式,将形成性评价应用于大学非英语专业二年级学生的写作教学中,试图探索在具体教学情境中形成性评价的实施对学生英语写作策略的影响。实验结果显示,形成性评价的实施能够促进学生修复策略使用的显著提高,也能促进计划策略中的部分个体策略的明显提高,但提高总体策略使用的效果不明显。实验后,高分组和低分组在各类策略使用频率上均有提高,但提高也不明显。     

Commentary: Evaluating the Validity of Formative and Interim Assessment

In many school districts, the pressure to raise test scores has created overnight celebrity status for formative assessment. Its powers to raise student achievement have been touted, however, without attending to the research on which these claims were based. Sociocultural learning theory provides theoretical grounding for understanding how formative assessment works to increase student learning. The articles in this special issue bring us back to underlying first principles by offering separate validity frameworks for evaluating formative assessment (Nichols, Meyers, & Burling) and newly-invented interim assessments (Perie, Marion, & Gong). The article by Heritage, Kim, Vendlinski, and Herman then offers the most important insight of all; that is, formative assessment is of little use if teachers don't know what to do when students are unable to grasp an important concept. While it is true that validity investigations are needed, I argue that the validity research that will tell us the most—about how formative assessment can be used to improve student learning—must be embedded in rich curriculum and must at the same time attempt to foster instructional practices consistent with learning research.     

How to capture growth? – Video narratives as an instrument for assessment in teacher education

Portfolios are widely used as instruments for assessment in initial teacher education courses. They are claimed to present a comprehensive picture of student teachers' knowledge and performance. But what type of evidence is needed to safely say that an aspiring teacher has not only grasped essential notions and concepts from the teacher education course, but is also able to implement them in real world classroom situations? This paper reports on the design process of one portfolio assignment that has been developed specifically to capture students' classroom performance and development in their portfolio. Data from the portfolio entries of one student from a small-scale pilot conducted with the assignment are analyzed in detail followed by a discussion of the implications of the case study.