...School or Agency Assessment Program Goals and Purposes of the Assessment Program/Plan Teachers, counselors, administrators, and parents need all types of information about students. They need to know about their cognitive and scholastic abilities, their interests, their achievement, and their problems. Schools implement assessment programs to provide information needed to improve the public schools by enhancing the learning gains of all students and to inform parents of the educational progress of their children (Drummond & Jones, 2010). School assessment programs are in place for a variety of purposes, such as: 1. Identifying the readiness of kindergarten and first-grade students. 2. Determining whether students have mastered the basic and essential skills required by the school system. 3. Placing students in educational programs. 4. Identifying students with special needs. 5. Evaluating the curriculum and specific programs of study. 6. Helping students make educational and vocational decisions. 7. Assessing the intellectual ability and aptitude of individual students. 8. Measuring achievement in specific courses and subject areas. Types of Information Needed to Make Decisions Accommodation Resources is one type of resource needed to make decisions. Accommodations are changes to materials or procedures that enable students with disabilities or English language learners (ELLs) to participate meaningfully in...
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...Assignment: Section 8: Integrated summary of assessment results in relation to the personal information from Stage 1, including career implications. Write a report summarizing the results of the four assessment instruments. Report each instrument individually, and then discuss the ways in which the separate results reinforce or contradict each other. Demonstrate how the results of the assessments relate to the personal subjective information gathered in Stage 1. Finally, based on all of the data, suggest some criteria for occupations that might be a good fit for this individual, and why you came to those conclusions. (Suggested total pages: 8 to 12) To help develop a better understanding of Hira’s vales, interests, personality type, and strengths, Hira completed four assessment instruments. In this paper, the results of the four assessment instruments will be discussed. In addition, this paper will compare and contrast the individual results of the four assessment instruments and her personal history gathered earlier. Lastly, this paper will suggest some...
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...ASSESSMENT IN AN INDUTRIAL CONTEXT The assessment process in an industrial context Three broad areas in assessment in industry * First concerned with psychological measurements of attributes of individuals in the workplace. Measures used here can be classified as psychological measures or techniques * Second and third is concerned with assessment of groups and organizations and measures used are not classified as psychological measures even though the process follows a psychometric process. Assessments of individuals The goals for individual assessment in the workplace are to assess: * Individual differences for selection and employment purposes * Inter and intra individual differences for placement, training, development, compensation and reward purposes Where measures which coply with technical standards of psychometry can be used? Personal selection Two approaches used in the application of psychological measures for selection purposes are * Input based approach where individuals are compared with the job specifications in terms of their personal characteristics or personality traits, also called the psychometric evaluation of testing approach * Output based approach where individuals are compared in relation to the required output standards of a job.also called the competency assessment approach, eg the copmtency to write, use a computer programe. Measures that are used to assess the competencies of individuals should be reliable and valid even...
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...SELECTING AND USING ASSESSMENTS Introduction This chapter will address three issues: (a) the institutional assessment needs of workforce development organizations, (b) the assessment needs of individual youth to help make informed choices about their careers, and (c) the practical needs of practitioners for information about how to select and use different assessment tools. At the end of this chapter, Exhibit 3.1 contains information that can be used to help with the selection and use of assessments, including a directory of commonly used published tests. Meeting Institutional Assessment Needs Agencies and organizations in the workforce system use assessments to meet institutional needs in two ways-to determine a youth's eligibility for services and to document achievement of program goals by assessing the progress of program participants. The number of participants served and achievement of program goals can impact the amount of funding an organization receives. Funding for the youth programs considered in this guide may come from the Department of Education, the Department of Labor, other federal agencies, states, local governmental agencies, or a combination of these. Table 1.2 in Chapter 1 summarizes the eligibility and assessment requirements of IDEA, WIA Title I, and the Rehabilitation Act. More specific information on assessments mandated or permitted by several federal funding sources may be found in Appendix A. (Mandated assessments are those required...
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...THE EDUCATOR AS ASSESSOR EDAHOD5 ASSIGNMENT 2 BY STUDENT NUMBER: 33686735 TABLE OF CONTENT QUESTION 1 1. ASSESSMENT TASK 1.1 ASSESSMENT CHECKLIST 1.2 ASSESSMENT GRID 1.3 ASSESSMENT RUBRIC QUESTION 2 2.1 ASSESSMENT PLANNING 2.2 ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES 2.2.1 ASSESSMENT ACTIVITY FOR LESSON TOPIC: CARTOON 2.2.2 ASSESSMENT ACTIVITY FOR LESSON TOPIC: PERSUASIVE ESSAY 2.2.3 ASSESSMENT ACTIVITY FOR LESSON TOPIC: MOVIE POSTER BIBLIOGRAPHY QUESTION 1 1. ASSESSMENT TASK Design a personal planner that covers the week from Monday to Sunday. Clearly mark the times starting from 6am to 10pm. Use a table format for your planner. Give your planner an appropriate title. Fill in a minimum of four activities that occupy your day. Colour code your priorities clearly and indicate what each colour means e.g. Red = important. 1.1 ASSESSMENT CHECKLIST Checklist for personal planner | Yes/no | 1. Title provided | | 2. Correct format used | | 3. Days clearly indicated | | 4. Times correctly indicated | | 5. Activities filled in on planner | | 6. Priorities clearly shown | | 7. Planner colour coded | | 8. Meaning of colour indicated | | Minimum standard: 8 | 1.2 ASSESSMENT GRID Learner’s name: Grade: Assessor: Date: Criteria | Maximum | Student’s mark | 1. Title provided | 1 | | 2. Correct format used | 2 | | 3. Days clearly indicated | 7 | | 4. Times correctly indicated | 3 | | 5. Activities filled in on planner | 4 | ...
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...MARIA’S ASSESSMENT 1 Maria’s Assessment Ethical or Multicultural Assessment Errors Introduction Please include an introduction to describe for the reader what you will be including in your paper. It is a great way to outline the key requirements and expectations for the assignment. In scholarly writing it is important to include the introduction to provide the reader with a lens for understanding what will be presented in your application paper. The three errors the teacher made with Maria was electing to conduct no informal or formal assessment, opting to conduct assessments in English only, and not taking into consideration the environmental and cultural difference (e.g. worldview) hindering Maria’s emotional and academic development. According to Whiston (2013, pg. 323), “Knowledge of using appropriate appraisal techniques with diverse population is crucial,” the teacher’s inability to do so indicates restricted and potentially unsuitable methods and actions in acknowledging Maria’s culture (e.g. worldview) and the significance it plays in her education and emotional anxiety at school. Counselor’s Perspective on Errors The practice of assessment entails the collection of information in order to analyze, identify, evaluate, and address the issues, difficulties, and circumstances of the client in the counseling relationship. Not assessing a client either by informal, formal, or both types of assessments leaves...
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... 2 1.1 Assessment Activities 2 1.1.1 Assessment Activity 1: the educator assessment 2 1.1.2 Assessment Activity 2: peer assessment 5 1.1.3 Assessment Activity 3: self-assessment 8 C) Question 2 11 2.1 Assessment Activity1 and design on Assessment Checklist 12 2.2 Assessment Activity2 and design on Assessment Grid 13 2.3 Assessment Activity3 and design an Assessment Rubric 14 D) Conclusion 15 E) Bibliography 15 A) Introduction In this assignment I will be applying the assessment work which I do with my learners in my subject I teach as an educator as assessor. I will apply the theory of assessment as contained in the study guide and the textbook. I will also design my own assessment instruments for the assessment of learners in the subject. B)...
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...Financial Instruments in Cohesion Policy 2014-2020 COHESION POLICY 2014-2020 The European Commission adopted legislative proposals for cohesion policy for 2014-2020 in October 2011 This factsheet is one in a series highlighting key elements of the future approach Table of contents What is the aim? What is proposed? What has changed from 2007-2013? What are the practical effects? Cohesion Policy Financial instruments represent a resource-efficient way of deploying cohesion policy resources in pursuit of the Europe 2020 Strategy objectives. Targeting projects with potential economic viability, financial instruments provide support for investments by way of loans, guarantees, equity and other risk-bearing mechanisms including policy-based guarantees for the European Social Fund (ESF), possibly combined with interest rate subsidies or guarantee fee subsidies within the same operation. Besides the obvious advantages of recycling funds over the long term, financial instruments help to mobilise additional public or private co-investments in order to address market failures in line with Europe 2020 and cohesion policy priorities. Their delivery structures entail additional expertise and know-how, which helps to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of public resource allocation. Moreover, these instruments provide a variety of incentives to better performance, including greater financial discipline at the level of supported projects. Financial instruments have been...
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...The Educator as Assessor EDAHOD5 UNISA Assignment 1 by Student number 30557623 Question 1: Assessment instrument 1 Strategies for Assessment Learners, in pairs, have to prepare and deliver an oral presentation of any genre and topic, as agreed upon with the educator. The length of delivery should not exceed 10 minutes. The following assessment rubric will be used by the other learners in the class to assess the presentation. 1a. Subject/learning area 1b. Lesson topic to be assessed 1c. Grade to be assessed English FAL Oral presentation in pair: (with guidance from teacher on choice of topic and format of presentation if necessary) Grade 11 2. Learning outcome/topic Learning outcome 1 (NCS): Listening and speaking: The learner is able to listen and speak for a variety of purposes, audiences and contexts. to be assessed 3. Assessment standards applied (the exact assessment standards that will apply will depend on the genre (debate, research report, narration, argument, etc.) of oral presentation the pair of learners opt for) We know this when the learner is able to: a) demonstrate knowledge i) learn about and share ideas and concepts, comment on experiences, of different forms of oral defend a position, make an unprepared response, read aloud, tell a story; communication for social purposes: ii) interact in group discussions by expressing own ideas and opinions and listening to and respecting those of others, while engaging with a range of issues such as inclusivity and...
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...Introduction` Organizations today compete fiercely in the war for recruiting and hiring the best talent available in the market, investing enormous amount of money, time and other resources in advertising and recruiting strategies. Organisations recognize that one of the most important resources - if not the most important - is human resources. Organisations use several ways, methods and tools to select and hire human resources. But it is now a proven fact that organisations using scientifically proven assessment tools to make selection decisions, show significant increase in productivity, increased cost savings and decrease in attrition and other critical organizational problems. Most organizations use what is commonly known in Management circles as a funneling approach to selection, where more informal tools and procedures are used initially to reduce the pool of candidates to a manageable number of individuals who are then be put through a more extensive assessment process. Common initial screening devices include resumes, application blanks and reference checks, which are generally used to identify and exclude those who do not meet the requirement of the orgnisation, from further consideration. Another initial screening device is the informal meeting or phone interview, which is often used to allow organizational members direct interaction with potential candidates who will perform effectively, achieve results and make important contributions on the...
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...Assessment of Student’s Academic Growth It is vital that teachers are able to assess their students learning and growth. Teachers need to be able to analyze data about their students in order to modify his/her lessons. By assessing students, the teacher has the ability to see what students excelled on, and what needs to be re-taught. It shows if certain techniques worked for a particular group of students and how well they understood the information presented. While administering the pre-test, I told the students to do their best, but this test was not going in the grade book. This released some anxiety from the students, and they relaxed as they took the test. Some of the students were overwhelmed by the test, and continuously complained about how they didn't know about the information on the test. I reassured the students that the test was only for practice to see how much they knew about science instruments, magnets, and the planets. On the pre-test, the students performed poorly. The students were not familiar with the science instruments listed on the test. The post-test was a great success! A majority of my students passed the test with an A or B, and only a few made a C or below. I would be sure to have a blank for the planet Pluto on the test. Some students didn't like the fact that Pluto was left off the test even though we have discussed that Pluto is no longer a planet. I feel it is important to reiterate the importance of Science and how it is...
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...can be more complex for trading activities than for lending activities. Accordingly, the process of risk management for capitalmarkets and trading activities should be integrated into the institution’s overall riskmanagement system to the fullest extent possible using a conceptual framework common to the financial institution’s other business activities. Such a common framework enables the institution to consolidate risk exposure more effectively, especially since the various individual risks involved in capital-markets and trading activities can be interconnected and may transcend specific markets. The examiner must apply a multitude of analyses to appropriately assess the riskmanagement system of an institution. The assessment of risk-management systems and controls may...
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...Career Assessment One of the most popular personality tests in the world is the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), a psychological-assessment system based on the work of psychologist Carl Jung. The MBTI asks a person to answer a series of ‘forced-choice’ questions, where one choice identifies you as belonging to one of four paired traits. The basic test takes twenty minutes, and at the end you are presented with a precise, multi-dimensional summary of your personality. The MBTI test classifies people into types based on four opposing dimensions, Extraversion-Introversion (E-I), Sensing-Intuition (S-N), Thinking-Feeling (T-F) and Judging-Perceiving (J-P). Based on the answers to the questions on the inventory, people are identified as having one of 16 personality types. The goal of the MBTI is to allow someone the ability to further explore and understand their own personalities including their likes, dislikes, strengths, weaknesses, possible career predilections, and compatibility with other people. Taking the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator can provide a lot of insight into your personality, which is probably why the instrument has become so enormously popular. Each opposing aspect of the MBTI test helps to explore personality a little more. The Extraversion-Introversion (E-I) helps show a preference for focusing attention on, and drawing energy from, the outside world of people and things rather than the inner world of ideas and impressions. Sensing-Intuition (S-N)...
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...History of Psychological Assessment XXXXXXXXXX PSYCH/525 August 29, 2011 Dr. Alexis Hernandez History of Psychological Assessment The history of psychological assessment is a fascinating story and has abundant relevance to present-day practices. Psychological assessment refers to scientific techniques psychologists often use to identify the human personality. Psychological assessment is a process that involves the integration of information from multiple sources, such as tests of normal and abnormal personality, tests of ability or intelligence, tests of interests or outlooks, as well as information from interviews (Framingham, J. 2011). Psychological assessment is one of the most important parts in applied psychology. In this paper writer will explore the historical roots of psychological assessment, explain why the event is significant, and how it has affected the development of psychological testing in the 21st century. Psychological Testing is the core of Clinical Psychology focusing on the measurement of traits, human abilities, and characteristics. Psychologists primarily use the various tests to measure cognitive, intelligence, and personality traits (Framingham, J. 2011). For example, the civil service selection system in China is used to recruit officials according to merits rather than political or family association. Exams were introduced in the Han dynasty. This played a very important role in Chinese intellectual and social life from as early as 2200 B...
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...AFIN328 Financial Risk Management Department of Applied Finance and Actuarial Studies Faculty of Business and Economics Unit Guide D2 Day; Offered in Session 2, North Ryde 2012 Table of Content Table of Content General Information Convenor and teaching staff Credit Points Prerequisites Corequisites Co-badged status Unit Description 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Learning Outcomes Graduate Capabilities Problem Solving and Research Capability Creative and Innovative Effective Communication Commitment to Continuous Learning Discipline Specific Knowledge and Skills Critical, Analytical and Integrative Thinking Engaged and Ethical Local and Global citizens Capable of Professional and Personal Judgement and Initiative 4 5 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 Assessment Tasks Class Test 1 Class Test 2 Group assignment Final Examination 10 10 10 10 11 Unit Schedule Delivery and Resources Policies and Procedures Academic Honesty Grades Grading Appeals and Final Examination Script Viewing Special Consideration Policy Student Support Student Enquiry Service Equity Support IT Help 12 13 14 14 14 14 14 15 15 15 15 Research and Practice 16 Page 2 of 16 General Information Convenor and teaching staff Unit Convenor: Alan Rai Email: alan.rai@mq.edu.au Phone: 9850 1169 Office: E4A 228 Consultation Hours: 1-3pm Monday Lecturer: James McCulloch Email: james.mcculloch@mq.edu.au Consultation Hours: Consultation during tutorials or via email Credit Points 3 Prerequisites ACCG252 or...
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