1. Dr. Timothy Vansickle, QAI
We Teach How We Test: How Technology Enhanced Assessments Are Changing the Face of Instruction
Ms. Jane Miller, QAI
dr. Les SewAll, QAI
Ms. Jennifer Dugan, MDE
Dr. Timothy Vansickle, QAI

2. Overview The concept and meaning of “form follows function”
Examples of this concept in education
Technology enhanced items as a possible model
Implications of new accessibility standards, e.g., APIP
Implications for teaching, learning, assessment, technology, and psychometrics

3. Form and Function Assessment activities = classroom activities
Writing prompts  Writing practice
Performance events  Scenario-based assignments and problem-based learning
Evidence-based responses  Research-based learning
Computer adaptive testing  Computer adaptive learning
Digital testing environments  Digital learning environments

4. Technology = More Technology
Technology = Technology Enhanced Items (TEIs) and more
Interactions that involve decision making and higher levels of cognitive processing
New environments and tools
Appropriate for the age and population
Facilitate teaching, learning, and assessing

5. TEI as a Model
Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (Smarter Balanced)
Templates
Partnership for Assessing Readiness for College and Career (PARCC)
Item Types
Enhanced Assessment System (EAS)
Interactions

6. TEIs as a Model Minnesota Science Test
Science simulations on statewide assessments
Consistent with classroom experiences

7. MN Science Sample Item

8. Technology Standards Online (assessment) tools Assistive devices APIP
Making “accommodations” obsolete

9. Implications for Teaching and Testing
Is a new and novel test item valid if students are not taught in that manner?
How does teaching change to accommodate the technology that may be used in testing?
What psychometric challenges appear due to these new technologically enhanced tests?
How are the items scored?
What measurement model(s) apply?

10. Challenges and Opportunities
Variety of interactions, platforms, and tools
Tablets, iPads, programs
Commonalities that we might teach to
3 T’s – Teacher Technology Training
Resources come from the oddest sources …
Cost and accessibility
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