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7 Assessment of 21st Century Skills
7 Assessment of 21st Century Skills
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and noncognitive characteristics (e.g., personality type) , structured interviews, situational judgment tests, role plays, group exercises, in-basket exercises, work samples, and performance standards/appraisal.
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Developing and administering role plays involves several challenges, Houston said. First, substantial input from subject-matter experts is necessary to identify appropriate problems or situations, and personnel testing experts are also needed to create the role play materials and behaviorally anchored ratings, so the process is labor-intensive.
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These two forms of assessment, she said, help organizations to hire more highly qualified candidates, resulting in increased productivity and job performance. Situated Judgment Tests Houston said that a situated judgment test is less expensive than either a role play or a group exercise.
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TOWARD A FRAMEWORk FOR ASSESSINg 21ST CENTuRy SCIENCE SkILLS Maria Ruiz-Primo (University of Colorado Laboratory for Educational Assessment, Research, and Innovation) presented a summary of her paper on assessment of 21st century skills (Ruiz-Primo, 2009)
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Turning to the context of science education, Ruiz-Primo compared dimensions of the five skills with the definition of science proficiency developed in a recent Board on Science Education review of the research on science learning in grades K-8 (National Research Council, 2007a)
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• Strategic knowledge: knowing when, where, and how to apply knowledge. "The application of strategic knowledge involves navi
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The next steps include development of observation models, specifying those aspects of a student's response to a test item that would be valued as evidence of the construct, and linking the observation models with the design of the assessment. Retrospectie Logical Analysis Assessment researchers use retrospective logical analysis to analyze assessment tasks that have already been developed.
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Obligatory and Self- Schooled Unschooled Management academic exposure to solve the problem? Collaborative Collaboration.
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Review of Sample Assessment Tasks Ruiz-Primo explained that she reviewed several existing assessment items to consider their ability to measure adaptability, complex communications, nonroutine problem solving, and self-management/self-development. She selected assessment items from science as well as other domains, as requested by the planning committee.
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Ruiz-Primo noted that the rubric used to score the item indicates that student performance is evaluated based on dimensions of the four strands of science proficiency (National Research Council, 2007a) , including evaluation of evidence, analysis and synthesis of evidence, and drawing conclusions as well as on criteria related to the quality of the writing.
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She concluded that the item is designed primarily to assess declarative knowledge in the domain of science. Because the item is constrained, requiring selection of a correct response, it does not require the student to display complex written communication skills.
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The head teachers in each school chose which of their students received milk. Here is what happened: • 5,000 school children received an amount of unpasteurized milk each school day.
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Finally, it requires some written communication. Measuring Strategic knowledge Noting that a review of the TIMSS 1999 Science Booklet 8 test identified no items that measure strategic knowledge (Li, Ruiz-Primo, and Shavelson, 2006)
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She observed that Houston had demonstrated the importance of the goal of assessing 21st century skills by showing how much money private firms are willing to invest in assessments of these skills, as well as the cost savings that result from the use of these assessments. She suggested research to develop work samples representing students' ability to apply scientific knowledge to every aspect of their lives.
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However, if a teacher wants to know how well her students have learned fol lowing a unit of instruction focused on 21st century skills, it may be appropriate to create a unique assessment. • Although educational assessments measure individual skills, the value of a skill such as adaptability may be realized in groups, rather than as an attribute of separate individuals.
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