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CAATS -- Comprehensive Assessments Aligned with Teacher Standards - A five step design model for assessing teachers validity and reliably.
Document Type
Presentation
Publication Date
2005
Abstract
NCATE (2002) requires the measurement of knowledge, skills, and dispositions as part of its accreditation requirements for teacher education programs (Standard 1) and the use of unit assessment systems to aggregate and analyse data with a view toward program improvement (Standard 2). Data must indicate that candidates meet professional, state, and institutional standards. Institutions nationally are struggling with meeting these two standards. In this presentation, we will provide ten recommendations then describe a five-step design model for developing a standards-driven, task based assessment system that can yield valid, reliable and fair decisions about teacher candidates’ knowledge, skills, and dispositions on all three sets of standards. This model is integrally linked to sound measurement theory and practice, most notably the Standards of Educational and Psychological Testing (APA, AERA, and NCME, 1999). The recommendations are drawn directly from those standards. This model has evolved over a four year period.
Language
en_US
Publisher
American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education
Recommended Citation
Wilkerson, J.R. & Lang, W. S. (2005, February). CAATS -- Comprehensive Assessments Aligned with Teacher Standards –A five step design model for assessing teachers validity and reliably. Paper Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education.
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Comments
Abstract only. Full-text article is available only through licensed access provided by the publisher. Paper Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education. February 2005.