Discussion Board Forum 3
These scenarios comprise a list of 2 different teachers and the marking system each employs. For the scenarios and list the advantages and disadvantages of each. Also, identify the approximate weight that is to be placed on each part of the system.
The 6 scenarios below are taken directly from the instructor’s manual of the Kubiszyn and Borich textbook (2013):
5. Ms. Wallace believes that every grade should reflect precisely what a student does or does not know. Therefore, her testing strategy is to administer criterion-referenced tests exclusively, in which the grade given reflects the number and type of concepts mastered. She then uses these grades to provide either remedial or advanced work to those who need it.
6. Mr. Wiggleroom cannot resist any opportunity to remind to remind anyone who will listen that he is an unrecognized visionary because “I have been using authentic (i.e. performance) assessment for the last 15 years, long before these ivory tower types discovered that this is the only fair way to test.” He assigns grades based on global perceptions of the notebooks, folders, and projects his students complete. To support his case, he reports that no student of his has ever repeated his class. (ch. 12)
References
Kubiszyn, T., &Borich, G., D. (2013). Educational testing & measurement: Classroom applications and practice (10th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.