EDMS 738: Foundations of Educational Assessment

COURSE OUTLINE

Spring 2007

Robert J. Mislevy

 

Class/Date

Topic

Readings

Assignment

 

#1

1/29

Introductions & Overview

 

Mislevy, Almond, & Lukas (2004)

1 paragraph description of yourself

#2

2/5

The ECD framework I

Mislevy E&I, pp. 1-13; OSEA, pp. 1-18

Optional: Almond, Steinberg, & Mislevy (2002) on delivery systems

 

#3

2/12

The ECD framework II 

Mislevy, Wilson, Ercikan, & Chudowsky (2003), pp. 1-23

ECD question set

#4

2/19

Psychology & Assessment I

National Research Council (2001); Mislevy (2003)

short paper: Description of class examples

#5

2/26

Psychology & Assessment II

 

Baxter, Elder, & Glaser (1996); Mislevy, Steinberg, Almond, Haertel, & Penuel (2000)

 

#6

3/5

Evidence Identification I

Messick (1994); Bejar, Mislevy, & Williamson (2006)

short paper: Psychological perspective on class examples

#7

3/12

Evidence Identification II

 

 

Myford & Mislevy (1996); Clauser et al. (1997)

Optional: Scalise & Gifford (2006)

 

3/19

No class: Spring break

 

 

#8

3/26

Measurement models I

 

 

Mislevy E&I, pp. 13-54

Mislevy, Wilson, Ercikan, & Chudowsky (2003), pp. 24-50 

short paper: Evidence identification for class examples

#9

4/2

Measurement models II

OSEA, pp. 23-56

 

 

4/9

AERA: No class

 

 

#10

4/16

 Theory-based task design I

Hively, Patterson, & Page (1968); Embretson (1998)

short paper: Measurement models for class examples

#11

4/23

Theory-based task design II

 

Mislevy, Steinberg, Breyer, Almond, & Johnson (1999, 2002)

 

#12

4/30

General discussion /

Questions on final projects

  

short paper: Rationale for task design in class examples

#13

4/30

Theory-based task design III

Mislevy, Steinberg, & Almond (2002). 

 

5/14

Finals week – no class

 

Term Paper Due 5/18

 

Notes:

Page numbers above refer to the online available versions of the articles.  These generally differ from the published versions.

OSEA: Mislevy, R.J., Steinberg, L.S., & Almond, R.A. (2003).  On the structure of educational assessments.

CTA:      Mislevy, R.J., Steinberg, L.S., Breyer, F.J., Almond, R.G., & Johnson, L. (1999).  A cognitive task analysis, with implications for designing a simulation-based assessment system. 

E&I:        Mislevy, R.J. (1994).  Evidence and inference in educational assessment.  Psychometrika, 59, 439-483. Online version available as CSE Technical Report 414.  Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles:  The National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, Student Testing (CRESST), Center for Studies in Education, UCLA.