MASTERY CONNECT ASSESSMENT | ITEM BASED
WHEN MIGHT YOU WANT TO USE AN ITEM BASED ASSESSMENT?
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Item based assessments are great if you want a variety of choices around item types and accommodations.
WHAT IS AN ITEM BASED ASSESSMENT
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Item-based formative or benchmark assessments contain items either created by the user or pulled from a bank of items either purchased or previously created.
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF UTILIZING AN ITEM BASED ASSESSMENT?
- A variety of question types
- Modified assessments
- Fewer answer choices
- Advanced question types
- Tools/Accommodations are available (when students take item based assessments online, they can use enhanced tools and accommodations (EA), as well as text-to-speech functionality)
DATA REPORTS FOR ITEM BASSED ASSESSMENTS
- Item Analysis
- Standard
- Question type
- DOK level
- Item number
- Points
- Student Mastery
- Performance per standard
- Tracker Comparison
- Comparison of how each of a teacher’s classes compare to each other per standard
- Teacher Comparison (if assessment is shared)
- Comparison of how each teacher’s class compares to other teacher’s classes per standard
MASTERY CONNECT ASSESSMENT | RUBRIC BASED (DOCUMENT UPLOAD)
WHEN MIGHT YOU WANT TO USE A RUBRIC BASED ASSESSMENT?
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Document based rubric assessments are a great way to allow for teachers to score students based on criteria related to their standards around project based learning or essay types of assessments.
WHAT IS A RUBRIC BASED ASSESSMENT?
- Document based formative or benchmark rubric assessments contain a document uploaded rubric.
- Students do not interact with Mastery Connect for this assessment type.
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF UTILIZING A RUBRIC BASED ASSESSMENT?
- Oral Presentations
- Project based learning
- Essay
DATA REPORTS FOR RUBRIC BASSED ASSESSMENTS
- Item Analysis
- Standard
- Question type - rubric criteria
- Points per criteria
- Student Mastery
- Performance per standard
- Tracker Comparison
- Comparison of how each of a teacher’s classes compare to each other per standard
- Teacher Comparison (if assessment is shared)
- Comparison of how each teacher’s class compares to other teacher’s classes per standard
MASTERY CONNECT ASSESSMENT | RAW SCORE
WHEN MIGHT YOU WANT TO USE A RAW SCORE ASSESSMENT?
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Raw score assessments are great if you want to gather data quickly and informally about student progress during an intervention or small-group instruction.
WHAT IS A RAW SCORE ASSESSMENT?
- Raw score formative assessments align to a single standard and can have a document uploaded.
- Students do not interact with Mastery Connect for this assessment type.
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF UTILIZING A RAW SCORE ASSESSMENT?
- Capture small group data
- Single standard rubric
DATA REPORTS FOR ITEM BASSED ASSESSMENTS
- Student Mastery
- Performance per standard
- Tracker Comparison
- Comparison of how each of a teacher’s classes compare to each other per standard
- Teacher Comparison (if assessment is shared)
- Comparison of how each teacher’s class compares to other teacher’s classes per standard
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FINAL THOUGHTS
Focusing first on what information you are looking for in your data will help you to determine which assessment type is most appropriate. The variety of assessment types available in Mastery Connect allow you to collect all possible data points in one location. Depending on what you are assessing for, item based, rubric based (document upload), and raw scores can all be leveraged in different ways to support specific outcomes you’re interested in working on with your students.
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