Achievement Test for Assessment Presentation

Achievement Test
What is Achievement Tests
Types of Achievement Tests
Standardized Achievement Tests
Features of Achievement Test
Characteristics of Standardized Achievement Tests
Standardized tests versus Informal Classroom Tests
Classification of SAT
Conclusion

1. ACHIEVEMENT TEST Presented to:      DR UMMARA SAHER Presented by  Muhammad Yasir Iqbal Qazi Noman Bilal Usama Sheikh

2. Contents: What is Achievement Tests Types of Achievement Tests Standardized Achievement Tests Features of Achievement Test Characteristics of Standardized Achievement Tests Standardized tests versus Informal Classroom Tests Classification of SAT Conclusion

3. Achievement Test An Achievement test is an assessment of developed knowledge or skill. Achievement tests are developed to measure skills and knowledge learned in a given grade level, usually through planned instruction. There are two basic types of achievement tests:  Standardized Tests Informal Tests The most common type of achievement test is a standardized test, such as the SAT.

4. Standardized Achievement Test (SAT)  Constructed by individual or by a group of individuals  Are being processed and universalized for all the situations and for all the purposes  Requires more thinking, planning, exact preparation, scoring, analysis and refinement.  It is a complex and multidimensional work  Have the qualities that provides a systematic procedure for describing behaviors.

5. Characteristics of Standardized Achievement Tests Consists of items of high quality  The items are pretested and selected on different basis Any person can administer and score the test Norms, based on representative groups of individuals Information needed for judging the value of the test is provided Before the test becomes available, the reliability and validity are established A manual is supplied that explains the purposes and uses of the test.

6. Standardized Tests versus Informal Classroom Tests     Standardized Test      Informal Test Constructed by experts and subject specialists Constructed by classroom teacher. Quality is good and ensured Quality is unknown and lower than SAT Items are pre-tested and selected on the basis of their effectiveness (using item analysis) Items are not pre-tested and selection of items are not effectively done

7. Types of Achievements Tests. Achievement tests differ according to the scale on which it is classified as follows: Types of Achievement tests according to the time scale Daily. Weekly. Monthly. Quarterly. Semi-Annually. Annually.

8. Types of Achievement tests according to the type of test:     Written tests. Oral tests. Practical tests (performance). Types of Achievement tests according to their objective Diagnostic Tests : Measure the knowledge and skill of student . It is used to identify student’s strengths and weaknesses in past and present learning

9. Speed Tests : They are determined by a specific response time to measure how quickly the examinee can give the correct answers . Competency Tests : They aim to assess the examiner’s efficiency and ability to answer the questions correctly . Performance Tests : They are not timed and aim to measure the greatest percentage of correct answers that the examinee can give. Predictive Tests: they aim to anticipate the level of performance that the examinee will achieve in learning a subject or performing a particular skill.

10. Features of Achievement Test Validity: When the content of the test is appropriate to assess its specific purpose and does not assess other purposes instead. Objectivity: An objective test is one in which the same examiner receives the same score, even if the correctors are different. Clarity: Each test must be associated with a clear and specific purpose before it is administered.

11. Standardized Achievement Test Batteries: SAT is frequently used in the form of survey test batteries These test batteries often are used to document current functioning levels or progress in many different areas The benefit of the battery approach is that it permits comparison of individual performances across diverse subjects This is why survey batteries are more popular than single subject achievement tests

12. Supplements to Standardized Tests Direct writing assessment  Stanford writing program Four different modes Descriptive (students are asked to write about a place or thing of their own experience) Narrative(the prompt present a brief scenario and students are asked to write a story) Expository(students are asked to state an opinion regarding a topic and define it) Persuasive( students are asked to write about an issue from their own point of view)

13. Diagnostic Batteries for Instructional use Achievement Test batteries traditionally were designed as survey test Stanford Achievement Test The California Achievement Test Terranova CTBS

14. Achievement Tests in Specific Areas It is designed to measure a person's level of skill, accomplishment, or knowledge in a specific area.       Different  Modes : Separate Content – Oriented Tests ( all these tests of specific course content are intended as end of course tests and used to measure the students 'final levels of achievement' ) Reading Tests ( identifies the meaning of given words, use of words, selection, purpose, main thought and the writers tone mood and content)

15. Basic achievement Skills individual screener (Grade 1 To Adult) Peabody Individual Achievement Test – Revised ( K to Adult) KeyMath Diagnostic Arithmetic Test ( K to Grade 6) Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests – Revised ( K to Adult ) R eadiness Tests  Early School Readiness Achievement Tests Reading Readiness Tests Individual Achievement Tests Each of these tests can be administered 30 to 60 minutes with much of the scoring completed during the administration

16. Conclusion; Achievement tests and testing are part of education, business, and the regulation of professions These tests are increasing in use internationally.  The development of high-quality, accessible achievement tests requires substantial knowledge of a content area – such as mathematics, language arts, or science – and the design of test items or tasks that are fair and valid measures of important knowledge and skills in a given content area.  The selection and sound use of achievement tests also requires substantial skills to ensure they are appropriate for the purpose intended and to avoid negative consequences. 

17. There are considerable resources and an abundance of information on achievement tests and sound testing practices.  With appropriate attention and training, achievement tests can provide users valuable information about learners' achievement progress and status.

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