Performance Assessments For Adult Education

Author : National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Center for Education,Board on Testing and Assessment,Committee for the Workshop on Alternatives for Assessing Adult Education and Literacy Programs
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2002-08-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780309084536

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Performance Assessments for Adult Education by National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Center for Education,Board on Testing and Assessment,Committee for the Workshop on Alternatives for Assessing Adult Education and Literacy Programs Pdf

In the United States, the nomenclature of adult education includes adult literacy, adult secondary education, and English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) services provided to undereducated and limited English proficient adults. Those receiving adult education services have diverse reasons for seeking additional education. With the passage of the WIA, the assessment of adult education students became mandatory-regardless of their reasons for seeking services. The law does allow the states and local programs flexibility in selecting the most appropriate assessment for the student. The purpose of the NRC's workshop was to explore issues related to efforts to measure learning gains in adult basic education programs, with a focus on performance-based assessments.

Author : Sri Ananda
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Competency-based education
ISBN : 9781428926523

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Equipped for the Future assessment report : how instructors can support adult learners through performance-based assessment by Sri Ananda Pdf

Author : Joseph J. Moran
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Education
ISBN : UVA:X004270944

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Assessing Adult Learning by Joseph J. Moran Pdf

Showing adult educators how to use informal assesments to improve the learning of those they serve, this work explains well established assessment principles and demonstrates how educators can use those principles to devise and conduct assessments in collaboration with their learners.

Author : Dr. Sri Ananda
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Competency-based education
ISBN : PURD:32754069794729

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Equipped for the Future Assessment Report by Dr. Sri Ananda Pdf

Author : Wang, Victor X.
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2010-07-31
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781615207466

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Assessing and Evaluating Adult Learning in Career and Technical Education by Wang, Victor X. Pdf

"This book advances a framework, a process and meaningful approaches for assessing and evaluating adult learning in career and technical education (CTE"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Lilian H. Hill
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2023-07-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000974546

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Assessment, Evaluation, and Accountability in Adult Education by Lilian H. Hill Pdf

This book is intended to help practitioners in adult education become better informed about assessment, evaluation, and accountability as these are critical functions of administering and running adult education programs. The book is for adult educators who have been asked to serve on assessment committees, produce detailed reports for funders and accreditors, create a culture of assessment within their program and organization, and/or develop reports for accountability purposes. Section one presents an introductory overview of assessment and evaluation in adult education. Section two gives guidance on practices for specific areas of adult education practice, such as military education, human resource development, and continuing professional education. Section three provides assessment practices for adults in higher education, with chapters dedicated to distance learning, health professions education, and graduate education.

Author : National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Center for Education,Board on Testing and Assessment,Committee on Performance Levels for Adult Literacy
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2005-12-13
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780309165181

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Measuring Literacy by National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Center for Education,Board on Testing and Assessment,Committee on Performance Levels for Adult Literacy Pdf

The National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) is a household survey conducted periodically by the Department of Education that evaluates the literacy skills of a sample of adults in the United Stages ages 16 and older. NAAL results are used to characterize adults' literacy skills and to inform policy and programmatic decisions. The Committee on Performance Levels for Adult Literacy was convened at the Department's request for assistance in determining a means for booking assessment results that would be useful and understandable for NAAL'S many varied audiences. Through a process detailed in the book, the committee determined that five performance level categories should be used to characterize adults' literacy skills: nonliterate in English, below basic literacy, basic literacy, intermediate literacy, and advanced literacy. This book documents the process the committee used to determine these performance categories, estimates the percentages of adults whose literacy skills fall into each category, recommends ways to communicate about adults' literacy skills based on NAAL, and makes suggestions for ways to improve future assessments of adult literacy.

Author : Dianne Conrad,Jason Openo
Publisher : Athabasca University Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2018-07-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781771992329

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Assessment Strategies for Online Learning by Dianne Conrad,Jason Openo Pdf

Assessment has provided educational institutions with information about student learning outcomes and the quality of education for many decades. But has it informed practice and been fully incorporated into the learning cycle? Conrad and Openo argue that the potential inherent in many of the new learning environments being explored by educators and students has not been fully realized. In this investigation of a variety of assessment methods and learning approaches, the authors aim to discover the tools that engage learners and authentically evaluate education. They insist that moving to new learning environments, specifically those online and at a distance, afford opportunities for educators to adopt only the best practices of traditional face-to-face assessment while exploring evaluation tools made available by a digital learning environment in the hopes of arriving at methods that capture the widest set of learner skills and attributes.

Author : National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Center for Education,Board on Testing and Assessment,Committee on Performance Levels for Adult Literacy
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2006-01-13
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780309096522

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Measuring Literacy by National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Center for Education,Board on Testing and Assessment,Committee on Performance Levels for Adult Literacy Pdf

The National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) is a household survey conducted periodically by the Department of Education that evaluates the literacy skills of a sample of adults in the United Stages ages 16 and older. NAAL results are used to characterize adults' literacy skills and to inform policy and programmatic decisions. The Committee on Performance Levels for Adult Literacy was convened at the Department's request for assistance in determining a means for booking assessment results that would be useful and understandable for NAAL'S many varied audiences. Through a process detailed in the book, the committee determined that five performance level categories should be used to characterize adults' literacy skills: nonliterate in English, below basic literacy, basic literacy, intermediate literacy, and advanced literacy. This book documents the process the committee used to determine these performance categories, estimates the percentages of adults whose literacy skills fall into each category, recommends ways to communicate about adults' literacy skills based on NAAL, and makes suggestions for ways to improve future assessments of adult literacy.

Author : Jill E. Stefaniak
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000165012

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Needs Assessment for Learning and Performance by Jill E. Stefaniak Pdf

Needs Assessment for Learning and Performance offers comprehensive coverage of the knowledge and skills needed to develop and conduct needs assessments and to analyze, interpret, and communicate results to clients and organizations. Though critical to planning any performance improvement system, needs assessments can feel abstract and vague to students who have not yet managed the process in a professional setting. This first-of-its-kind textbook uses a variety of real-world examples to connect major theories and models to effective principles for practice. Each chapter offers guiding questions, key terms and concepts, recommended readings, and case studies illustrating how needs assessment training can be applied. Graduate students and researchers of instructional design, human resources, performance improvement, program evaluation, and other programs will find this volume relevant to a range of academic and organizational contexts.

Author : John Comings,Barbara Garner,Cristine Smith
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2002-02-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780787961688

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The Annual Review of Adult Learning and Literacy, Volume 3 by John Comings,Barbara Garner,Cristine Smith Pdf

This unique publication is written for practitioners in the field of adult learning and literacy. This third volume in the series from the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL). This is a collection of the best new knowledge and practice in the field, and includes an introduction by the editors and six articles by distinguished writers and practitioners, as well as reviews of the best books and key journal articles published in the past year.

Author : Winter, Kim K.,Pinter, Holly H.,Watson, Myra K.
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2019-03-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781522583547

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Performance-Based Assessment in 21st Century Teacher Education by Winter, Kim K.,Pinter, Holly H.,Watson, Myra K. Pdf

Performance-based assessments can provide an adequate and more direct evaluation of teaching ability. As performance-based assessments become more prevalent in institutions across the United States, there is an opportunity to begin more closely analyzing the impact of standardized performance assessments and the relationship to variables such as success entering the workforce, program re-visioning for participating institutions, and the perceptions and efficacy of teacher candidates themselves. Performance-Based Assessment in 21st Century Teacher Education is a collection of innovative research that explores meaningful and engaging performance-based assessments and its applications and addresses larger issues of assessment including the importance of a balanced approach of assessing knowledge and skills. The book also offers tangible structures for making strong connections between theory and practice and offers advice on how these assessments are utilized as data sources related to preservice teacher performance. While highlighting topics including faculty engagement, online programs, and curriculum mapping, this book is ideally designed for educators, administrators, principals, school boards, professionals, researchers, faculty, and students.

Author : Sri Ananda
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:979248426

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Equipped for the Future Assessment Report. How Instructors Can Support Adult Learners Through Performance-Based Assessment by Sri Ananda Pdf

Author : Paul F. Wimmers,Marcia Mentkowski
Publisher : Springer
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-19
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783319300641

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Assessing Competence in Professional Performance across Disciplines and Professions by Paul F. Wimmers,Marcia Mentkowski Pdf

This book examines the challenges of cross-professional comparisons and proposes new forms of performance assessment to be used in professions education. It addresses how complex issues are learned and assessed across and within different disciplines and professions in order to move the process of “performance assessment for learning” to the next level. In order to be better equipped to cope with increasing complexity, change and diversity in professional education and performance assessment, administrators and educators will engage in crucial systems thinking. The main question discussed by the book is how the required competence in the performance of students can be assessed during their professional education at both undergraduate and graduate levels. To answer this question, the book identifies unresolved issues and clarifies conceptual elements for performance assessment. It reviews the development of constructs that cross disciplines and professions such as critical thinking, clinical reasoning, and problem solving. It discusses what it means to instruct and assess students within their own domain of study and across various roles in multiple contexts, but also what it means to instruct and assess students across domains of study in order to judge integration and transfer of learning outcomes. Finally, the book examines what it takes for administrators and educators to develop competence in assessment, such as reliably judging student work in relation to criteria from multiple sources. "... the co-editors of this volume, Marcia Mentkowski and Paul F. Wimmers, are associated with two institutions whose characters are so intimately associated with the insight that assessment must be integrated with curriculum and instructional program if it is to become a powerful influence on the educational process ..." Lee Shulman, Stanford University

Author : Linda Darling-Hammond,Frank Adamson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781118889299

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Beyond the Bubble Test by Linda Darling-Hammond,Frank Adamson Pdf

Performance assessment is a hot topic in school systems, and educators continue to analyze its costs, benefits, and feasibility as a replacement for high-stakes testing. Until now, researchers and policymakers have had to dig to find out what we know and what we still have to learn about performance assessment. Beyond the Bubble Test: How Performance Assessments Support 21st Century Learning synthesizes the latest findings in the field, and not a moment too soon. Statistics indicate that the United States is in danger of falling behind if it fails to adapt to our changing world. The memory and recall strategies of traditional testing are no longer adequate to equip our students with the skills they need to excel in the global economy. Instead teachers need to engage students in deeper learning, assessing their ability to use higher-order skills. Skills like synthesizing information, understanding evidence, and critical problem-solving are not achieved when we teach to multiple-choice exams. Examples in Beyond the Bubble Test paint a useful picture of how schools can begin to supplement traditional tests with something that works better. This book provides new perspectives on current performance assessment research, plus an incisive look at what’s possible at the local and state levels. Linda Darling-Hammond, with a team of leading scholars, bring together lessons learned, new directions, and solid recommendations into a single, readily accessible compendium. Beyond the Bubble Test situates the current debate on performance assessment within the context of testing in the United States. This comprehensive resource also looks beyond our U.S. borders to Singapore, Hong Kong, and other places whose reform-mindedness can serve as an example to us.