I would say that my school system supports more of a Criterion-Referenced measure of assessment. One of the main reasons why this approach is stressed is because of the state Standards of Learning Criterion-Referenced approach. In fourth grade, students do take the Stanford10/OLSAT test, which is Norm-Referenced, but there is very little emphasis on this test. Criterion-referenced assessments definitely have the greatest influence.
I would agree with Domenic. My school focuses primarily on critierion based assessments. More focus each year is placed upon the Standards of Learning assessment. There are many SOL classes offered, however no SAT prep courses for a norm referenced test. My school has the mentality "The smart kids will do well on the norm referenced test and the lower level kids think SAT's are a waste of time."
My school supports the norm-referenced measurement of assessment. Students are assessed along side other students. Classroom teachers rank students from high to low based on test scores. I can see the advantages of the criterion-based. Students master objectives and their performance on the test is based on their mastery of the skills.
Criterion-referenced assessments definitely have the greatest influence. The main reason I say this is even though you have some criterion-based assessment there are the SOL test which in everyone's eyes are of most importance. We tend to structure units and lesson around the way the assessment is going to be presented so that students are somewhat aware of the task that are being as for.
My school supports criterion referenced assessments because they put all of the emphasis on SOL testing. It seems that norm referenced test are given, but don't seem to have the weight or get the recognition of the criterion referenced SOL tests. Cari Braddock
My school leans more towards criterion-referenced assessments. The SOL tests greatly influence what is taught. I agree with Annie that we present our lessons and assessments in class so that they are based on the SOL test that our students are required to pass.
I feel that my school is more criterion-referenced. I feel this way because of so much emphasis put on SOL testing. Students must be prepared to meet the objectives of the SOL itself, therefore students are taught to learn those objectives. Students are compared to the objectives of the SOL, not other students taking the same SOL.
I believe that if you ask this question to anyone working for public education their answer would be criterion-referenced. There is so much pressure put on the schools and the teachers with meeting the requirements of state standards testing that norm-referenced tests are rarely given. zack dotson
I don't know of a single teacher in my school who uses the norm-referenced method of instruction. All students are evaluated based on criteria established in the instructional objected. I did have a few classes as an Animal Science major that were norm-referenced. I loved the curve as I was in chemistry classes when the class average on a test would be in the low to mid 40s. I think the professors sometimes used teh norm-referenced method of evaluation as a way to cover for the poor instructional methods.
Most, if not all, the teachers at my school use criterion-referenced measurement for their instruction. As the previous statement said, in college grades used to be curved to fit the average of the class. However, in school today criterion-referenced is used and lack of understanding is addressed on an individual student basis and remediation will follow. ~Jennifer Campbell
I feel most teachers, not only in my school but in schools across Virginia, use criterion-based testing in their classroom because their students will be assessed by the state in the same manner. There have been times in my class when the scores on a test have been low as a whole but instead of adjusting the scores I would reteach the material and score the test seperately again as criterion referenced.
My school also uses criterion-referenced measurement for their instruction and assessment. As already stated above, anyone teaching in public education knows that norm-referenced tests are rarely used due to the heavy amount of pressure that has been put on everyone from the standards of learning tests. Today, testing is not used to compare how one student did compared to another student. Instead, it is used to assess knowledge of an instructional objectve that has already been established.
We use the criterion-referenced measurement for their instruction. I feel this measurement puts more emphasis on SOL testing. Students are compared to the standards of SOL testing. ROSS MATNEY
I would feel that our SCHOOL is more criterion-referenced b/c of the need to meet the standards on the SOLS. But I feel that our administrator is more norm-referenced in that she tends to look at student achievement in comparison to the other students. Melissa Ogle
Melissa and I work at the same school and I agree in that our administrator is more norm-referenced in that she tends to look at student achievement in comparison to the other students. Yes, our school is more criterion-referenced because of the no Child Left Behind and SOLs. Jamie Cain
I work in the same school as Melissa. Our administrator is more norm-referenced because she tends to look at students achievement in comparison to other students (it may be students in our school or other students in our school district). Our school is more criterion-referneced because of the need to meet the No Child Left Behind Act and SOLs. Jamie Cain
I am not in a school system however the school systems I did my observation hours the schools were criterion-referenced because of SOLs and NCLB. The SOLs were a high priority in the schools and the teachers taught around what the students needed to know in order to do well with the SOLs.
Our school system is based completely in criterion-based assessment. Many of the things that we do are completely based on the SOL tests. The objectives for our classes are based in a way to prepare students to take the SOL test at the end of the year. Although many of the things we do in our school can be based in criterion-based assessment, there are some things we still consider with norm-based, depending on the grade level and ability of students.
I believe our school uses both criterion and norm referenced testing. We use the SOLs to plan our instruction for all students, we also use the SOL tests to evaluate progress, yet we do compare our student scores with other students in our county and state. As educators we are more concerned that our students master the criteria, but those in higher positions naturally want our students to perform better than others in the state.
Our school system is most definitely criterion based assessment. With the high demand of success rate on our SOL tests, each teacher assess their students according to certain objectives and standards they are covering. I feel that our school as a whole uses a more norm reference approach as to compare how well other schools and grade levels did. I use my review and practice test data each year to compare students from year to year to help me see where I need to improve and work on each year. Israel Easter
I would say that my school system supports more of a Criterion-Referenced measure of assessment. One of the main reasons why this approach is stressed is because of the state Standards of Learning Criterion-Referenced approach. In fourth grade, students do take the Stanford10/OLSAT test, which is Norm-Referenced, but there is very little emphasis on this test. Criterion-referenced assessments definitely have the greatest influence.
ReplyDeleteI would agree with Domenic. My school focuses primarily on critierion based assessments. More focus each year is placed upon the Standards of Learning assessment. There are many SOL classes offered, however no SAT prep courses for a norm referenced test. My school has the mentality "The smart kids will do well on the norm referenced test and the lower level kids think SAT's are a waste of time."
ReplyDeleteMy school supports the norm-referenced measurement of assessment. Students are assessed along side other students. Classroom teachers rank students from high to low based on test scores. I can see the advantages of the criterion-based. Students master objectives and their performance on the test is based on their mastery of the skills.
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Criterion-referenced assessments definitely have the greatest influence. The main reason I say this is even though you have some criterion-based assessment there are the SOL test which in everyone's eyes are of most importance. We tend to structure units and lesson around the way the assessment is going to be presented so that students are somewhat aware of the task that are being as for.
ReplyDeleteMy school supports criterion referenced assessments because they put all of the emphasis on SOL testing. It seems that norm referenced test are given, but don't seem to have the weight or get the recognition of the criterion referenced SOL tests.
ReplyDeleteCari Braddock
My school leans more towards criterion-referenced assessments. The SOL tests greatly influence what is taught. I agree with Annie that we present our lessons and assessments in class so that they are based on the SOL test that our students are required to pass.
ReplyDeleteI feel that my school is more criterion-referenced. I feel this way because of so much emphasis put on SOL testing. Students must be prepared to meet the objectives of the SOL itself, therefore students are taught to learn those objectives. Students are compared to the objectives of the SOL, not other students taking the same SOL.
ReplyDeleteI believe that if you ask this question to anyone working for public education their answer would be criterion-referenced. There is so much pressure put on the schools and the teachers with meeting the requirements of state standards testing that norm-referenced tests are rarely given.
ReplyDeletezack dotson
I don't know of a single teacher in my school who uses the norm-referenced method of instruction. All students are evaluated based on criteria established in the instructional objected. I did have a few classes as an Animal Science major that were norm-referenced. I loved the curve as I was in chemistry classes when the class average on a test would be in the low to mid 40s. I think the professors sometimes used teh norm-referenced method of evaluation as a way to cover for the poor instructional methods.
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Most, if not all, the teachers at my school use criterion-referenced measurement for their instruction. As the previous statement said, in college grades used to be curved to fit the average of the class. However, in school today criterion-referenced is used and lack of understanding is addressed on an individual student basis and remediation will follow.
ReplyDelete~Jennifer Campbell
I feel most teachers, not only in my school but in schools across Virginia, use criterion-based testing in their classroom because their students will be assessed by the state in the same manner. There have been times in my class when the scores on a test have been low as a whole but instead of adjusting the scores I would reteach the material and score the test seperately again as criterion referenced.
ReplyDeleteMy school also uses criterion-referenced measurement for their instruction and assessment. As already stated above, anyone teaching in public education knows that norm-referenced tests are rarely used due to the heavy amount of pressure that has been put on everyone from the standards of learning tests. Today, testing is not used to compare how one student did compared to another student. Instead, it is used to assess knowledge of an instructional objectve that has already been established.
ReplyDeleteAmy Woodard
We use the criterion-referenced measurement for their instruction. I feel this measurement puts more emphasis on SOL testing. Students are compared to the standards of SOL testing.
ReplyDeleteROSS MATNEY
I would feel that our SCHOOL is more criterion-referenced b/c of the need to meet the standards on the SOLS. But I feel that our administrator is more norm-referenced in that she tends to look at student achievement in comparison to the other students.
ReplyDeleteMelissa Ogle
Melissa and I work at the same school and I agree in that our administrator is more norm-referenced in that she tends to look at student achievement in comparison to the other students. Yes, our school is more criterion-referenced because of the no Child Left Behind and SOLs. Jamie Cain
ReplyDeleteI work in the same school as Melissa. Our administrator is more norm-referenced because she tends to look at students achievement in comparison to other students (it may be students in our school or other students in our school district). Our school is more criterion-referneced because of the need to meet the No Child Left Behind Act and SOLs. Jamie Cain
ReplyDeleteI am not in a school system however the school systems I did my observation hours the schools were criterion-referenced because of SOLs and NCLB. The SOLs were a high priority in the schools and the teachers taught around what the students needed to know in order to do well with the SOLs.
ReplyDeleteHeather Lankford
Our school system is based completely in criterion-based assessment. Many of the things that we do are completely based on the SOL tests. The objectives for our classes are based in a way to prepare students to take the SOL test at the end of the year. Although many of the things we do in our school can be based in criterion-based assessment, there are some things we still consider with norm-based, depending on the grade level and ability of students.
ReplyDeleteI believe our school uses both criterion and norm referenced testing. We use the SOLs to plan our instruction for all students, we also use the SOL tests to evaluate progress, yet we do compare our student scores with other students in our county and state. As educators we are more concerned that our students master the criteria, but those in higher positions naturally want our students to perform better than others in the state.
ReplyDeleteMine would be criterion-based assessment.
ReplyDeleteJake Leonard
Our school system is most definitely criterion based assessment. With the high demand of success rate on our SOL tests, each teacher assess their students according to certain objectives and standards they are covering. I feel that our school as a whole uses a more norm reference approach as to compare how well other schools and grade levels did. I use my review and practice test data each year to compare students from year to year to help me see where I need to improve and work on each year.
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