assessments

§ What are the purposes of assessment? Assessments are used in lots of ways and situations; from IQ through personality, interviews and examinations.

§ Consider and explore the uses of assessments and the potential for conflicting purposes of assessment results.

§ What are the underlying assumptions of assessments? Often tests are put to use without the contexts of their developments being explored. psychological theory, psychometrics and educational assessment approaches.

§ Does this test measure what it is supposed to measure? Techniques for investigating the validity of assessment claims will be explored - psychological and educational assessments.

§ How can we tell if assessments are fair? Culture-fairness, as well as gender-fairness of tests.

§ What makes assessments more reliable? Research on procedures for making assessments consistent

§ What is the relationship between assessment and learning? Assessment is crucial to the education system, as we need to know whether students are learning? Techniques of assessment for learning