Technology Supported Assessment

Course Activities and Schedule

Week 1: Profiler (online survey with dynamic display)

Week 2: IMMEX (online problem-solving demo)

Week 3: Latent Semantic Analysis (online essay grading)

Week 4: CRESST's Knowledge Mapper (online concept mapping assessment)

Week 5: Knowledge Forum's Analysis Toolkit (online conversation assessment)

Week 6: Handheld Assessments (handheld collaboration assessment)

Course Readings

Syllabus: http://www.bie.org/Ravitz/syllabus.htm

Baker, E. (1998, November). Understanding Educational Quality: Where Validity Meets Technology. William H. Angoff Memorial Lecture Series. Princeton, NJ: Educational Testing Service. Available: http://www.ets.org/research/pic/angoff5.pdf

Foltz, P., Laham, D., & Landauer, T. (1999). The Intelligent Essay Assessor: Applications to Educational Technology. Interactive Multimedia Electronic Journal of Computer-Enhanced Learning, 1(2). Winston-Salem, NC: Wake Forest University, [WWW Document]. Available: http://imej.wfu.edu/articles/1999/2/04/printver.asp

Means, B., Penuel, B., & Quellmalz, E. (2000). Developing Assessments for Tomorrow's Classrooms. Secretary's Conference on Educational Technology. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education. [WWW Document]. Available: http://www.ed.gov/Technology/techconf/2000/means_paper.html

Ravitz, J. (2002, March). A "distance scholarship" model for teaching and learning about technology supported assessments. Paper presented at Society for Information Technology In Education (SITE). Nashville, TN. Available: http://www.bie.org/Ravitz/SITE2002.html

Ruiz-Primo, M., Schultz, S., Li, M., & Shavelson, R. (1999, June) On the cognitive validity of interpretations of scores from alternative concept mapping techniques. CSE Technical Report 503. Center for Study of Evaluation. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Center for the Study of Evaluation, [WWW Document]. Available: http://www.cse.ucla.edu/CRESST/Reports/TECH503.PDF

Underdahl, J, Palacio-Cayetano, J., & Stevens, R. (2001). Practice Makes Perfect Assessing and Enhancing Knowledge and Problem-Solving Skills with IMMEX Software. Eugene, OR: International Society for Technology in Education. [WWW Document]. Available (for limited use): http://www.gse.uci.edu/Ravitz/immex/immex.html

Course Software

Technology-supported assessments that were reviewed by the class via the Internet included IMMEX (Underdahl, Palacio-Cayetano, & Stevens, 2001), Intelligent Essay Assessor (Foltz, Laham, & Landauer, 1999), CRESST's Knowledge Mapper (Baker, 1998), and the Analysis Toolkit for Knowledge Forum (Lamon, Reeve, & Scardamalia, 2001).