Test and Non-Test Appraisals

Prepared by:
Adao, Jessa May S.
Austria, Lyra Z.

Appraisal
an act of assessing something
or someone.
It defines as a procedure which
seeks to establish a distinctive
picture
of
individuals
by
comparing them with others in
terms of qualities of general
human characteristics.

Appraisal
Test Appraisal
Non-Test Appraisal

Guideline in giving Appraisal

Educational
-the processes of assessment
should help students learn, or
reinforce previous learning, or
both.

Guideline in giving Appraisal

Ethical
- the processes of assessment
should be fair and transparent,
and
must
not
discriminate
according
to
gender,
sexual
orientation, ethnicity, religion or
belief, age, class or disability.

Guideline in giving Appraisal

Regulatory
- the processes of assessment
should conform to University
expectations, as detailed in its
regulations, policies, procedures
and guidance.

Principles In Conducting Appraisal

Appraisal should be undertaken
for the ultimate benefit of the
individual.
Appraisal is not required in the
same amount or the same
degree or necessary for all
students at the same time.

Principles In Conducting
Appraisal
There
are
no
single
test
applications or procedure for use
in every situation.
Appraisal practices involve the
study of both individual and their
environment.

Principles In Conducting
Appraisal
Appraisal and helping individual
should be concurrent and not
discreet sequential operation.
Recognize the limitation of
appraisal data is collected.

Various Test Appraisals

Intelligence Test
Measures of innate mental ability
Measures Intelligence Quotient
Determining
the
intelligence
level of a person

Intelligence Test
IQ Coefficient
130 above High Intelligence
110-130 Above average
90-110 Normally developed
70-90 Under the average level
Less than 70 Very low
intelligence

Aptitude test

Aptitude
score
reflects
specialized abilities.
Ability to acquire the learning
necessary for performance.
Aptitude tests is a precise tool for
career guidance.

Aptitude test
Provide
strengths
and
weakness of person.
Predicts where the student will
likely succeed.

Importance of Aptitude test

They are excellent predictors of
future scholastic achievement.
They provide ways of comparing
a child's performance with that
of other children in the same
situation.

Importance of Aptitude test

They provide a profile of
strengths and weaknesses.
They assess differences among
individuals.

Importance of Aptitude test

They have uncovered hidden
talents in some children, thus
improving
their
educational
opportunities.
They are valuable tools for
working
with
handicapped
children.

Importance of Aptitude test

Group aptitude tests---quick and
inexpensive
Aptitude tests are valuable in
making program and curricula
decisions

Purpose of Aptitude test

Instructional Purpose
Guidance Purpose
Occupational Purpose

Personality test
Measures
individual
interest
compare to others.
Degree
to
which
certain
personality
traits
and
characteristics are present in an
individual.

Interest Inventories
A comparative and contrasting
inventory of a persons interest.
A stimulus for career exploration
and counseling.

Achievement test
An exam designed to assess how
much knowledge a person has in a
certain area , topics or subtopics.
Achievement
test
focuses
specifically on how much a person
knows about a specific topic or area
such as Math, English or Science.

Achievement test
Formal test.
Any test that measures the
accomplishments of an individual
after a period of training or
learning. ( NM Downie)

Achievement test
The type of ability test that
describes what a person has
learned
to
(Throndike
and
Hagen).
Measures what has been learned
by the student of the subject.

Achievement test
Degree of student learning in
specific curriculum areas.
Taught in school

FUNCTIONS OF ACHIEVEMENT TEST

Provides basis for promotion to

next grade.
Find out where each student
stands in various academic
areas.

FUNCTIONS OF ACHIEVEMENT TEST

Motivate the students before a

new assignment has taken up.
Expose pupils difficulties which
the teacher can help them to
solve.

When it is conducted?
Summative- end of term, end of
year, and end of the lesson.
Achievement test range 5 to 10
minutes to 3 hours final exam.
( variety of item types and
formats)

TYPE OF ACHIEVEMENT TEST

Diagnostic test
--identifies the weakness and strength
of an individual
An inventory for use of
professionals who provide
counseling services to college
students. It provides measures of
psychological distress, relationship
conflict, low self-esteem and
academic and career choice
difficulties.

Projective test
- anypersonalitytest
designed to yield information
about someone'spersonality
on
the
basis
of
their
unrestricted
response
to
ambiguous
objects
or
situations

Projective test
-This holds that an individual
puts
structure
on
an
ambiguous situation in a way
that is consistent with their
own conscious & unconscious
needs.

Non-Test Appraisals

Observation
Used by teachers to document
happens inside the classroom
Data are gathered by watching,
listening, and recording students
performance

Portfolio
This is selection of student work,
purposefully chosen to reveal the
students
learning
progress
overtime
(growth
portfolio);
his/her best works (showcase
portfolio); or document the
learners
achievement
for
grading (evaluation portfolio).

Rubrics
Rubrics are scoring guides or
sets of criteria used to assess
students skills or level of
understanding.

Anecdotal record
a written record kept in a
positive tone of a child's
progress
based
on
milestones particular to that
child's
social,
emotional,
physical,
aesthetic,
and
cognitive development.

Anecdotal record
These are notes containing
teachers observation of how
students learn and perform,
as well as how they interact
with peers.

Anecdotal record
Brief notes focused on specific
outcomes observed during the
lesson or after the students has
completed the performance or
product.
It contains records of a learners
progress and pattern of behavior.

Interview
A
face-to-face
technique
obtaining information for a
variety of purposes.

Basic Requisites in Interview

There should be no element of
conflict
with
the
interviewee/counselee.

Interviewer must establish

rapport by securing the trust and
confidence of the interviewee.

Basic Requisites in Interview

Counselee is encouraged to talk
freely.
Counsellor assumes the attitude
of an interested, sympathetic
and friendly listener and is being
non-judgemental
and
nonevaluative.

Sociometric test
It
measures
interpersonal
relationships in a social group.
It allows learners to express
their preferences in terms of likes
and dislikes for other members
of the group

Sociometric test
Sociometric test include peer
rating, peer nomination, and
sociometric ranking.

Case study
an analysis and documentation of
data collected in a case history.
It comprises the information
gathered about a client including:
family
history,
physical
development, educational, social
and vocational history.

Case study
presents a cumulative picture
ofthe personality of an individual.
The information is gathered from
sources,
such
as
cumulative
records, observations, interviews,
autobiographies, self-reports, tests,
teacherreactions and other school
records. The school counsellor
writes the case study which
provides
an
increased

Case Conference
The
best
method
for
synthesizing or coordinating and
interpreting data gathered from
various sources. A single though
fairly long conference. Orderly
presentation of all the facts and
point of views.

Autobiography
an introspective report of ones
own experiences.
Categories : unstructured and
structured

Autobiography
In interpreting autobiographies
the counsellor looks for:
(1) the clients willingness to
reveal himself, (2) his self-insight
and self-understanding, (3) his
ability to understand the content of
the topicand (4) his ability to
communicate.

Cumulative Records
provide
an
organized,
progressive
record
of
information
regarding
thestudents
which
distinguishes him from all
other individuals.

Cumulative Records
cumulative
folder
information, such as:

includes

personal
data
and
family
background;
medical and health condition;
date of school entry;
school grades;

Cumulative Records
transcripts from previous schools
attended;
school test results;
personality and behavior trait ratings;
school activities;

anecdotal
recordsand
autobiographies written in class-room
settings.

Diary
May provide useful information
about students.
A record (originally in handwritten
format) with discrete entries
arranged by date reporting on
what has happened over the
course of a day or other period.

Diary
A personal diary may include a
person's
experiences,
and/or
thoughts or feelings, including
comment on current events
outside
the
writer's
direct
experience.

Rating scale
It indicates the extent of the
behavior, skills and strategies
displayed by the learner.
It attached quality to the elements
of a process or product or product.
This is used on developing a
grading rubric.

Checklist
It
usually
uses
a
yes/no,
present/absent,
or
complete/incomplete format in
marking a students performance
or execution of specific steps in a
list.

Checklist
There
ate
four
types
of
checklists: procedure checklist,
product
checklist,
behavioral
checklist
and
self-evaluation
checklist.

Types of Checklist
Self-evaluation checklist
- Looking at the learners point of
view in undertaking a thoughtful
review of their performance.

Types of Checklist
Procedure Checklist
- This is used to observe if the
students follow correct procedure
in certain activities.

Types of Checklist
Behavior checklist
- This is used when observing
students in an oral presentation
if they stand upright, maintain
eye contact, speak loudly and
enunciate clearly

Types of Checklist
Product checklist
- Observing student performance
based on the product like
projects.

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