NAGC 2013 Measurement and Modeling of Higher Order Thinking Skills
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This session describes how a selective, public STEM high school has used the College and Work Readiness Assessment (CWRA) in efforts to model student performance and demonstrate achievement gains in critical thinking, analytical reasoning, problem solving, and written communication. In the context of both diagnostic utility and repeated measures student growth, we will describe results from over 400 students and explain how this new measure of high order thinking skills provides reliable results for advanced students. We will also explore the institutional value of having normed data for value-added measures.
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NAGC 2013 Measurement and Modeling of Higher Order Thinking Skills
- 1. MEASUREMENT AND MODELING OF HIGHER ORDER SKILLS IN STEM TALENT DEVELOPMENT USING THE CWRA Christopher Kolar NCSSSMST/NAGC Annual Convention 2013, Indianapolis
- 2. The challenge Exceptional students Exceptional claims of exceptional results Exceptional Evidence
- 3. Assessment at IMSA Standards of Significant Learning (SSLs)
- 4. Competence In Inquiry Making accurate observations. Evaluating evidence. Challenging assumptions. Making connections. Making sound judgments. Communicating powerfully.
- 5. CWRA: Performance task and document
- 6. In addition to an overall Performance Task score, subscores include: Analytic Reasoning Writing Effectiveness Writing Mechanics Problem Solving
- 10. Admissions Benchmarking CWRA performance task score significantly correlated with all admissions metrics. Prior GPA SAT-M SAT-CR SAT-We SAT-Wmc
- 11. MEASURING UP Initial academic performance
- 12. First Year Grade Point Average First year grades in writing intensive courses: Literary Explorations, American Studies, and Scientific Inquiries (Biology) Prior GPA SAT-CR SAT-We SAT-Wmc CWRA+
- 13. First Year Grade Point Average First year grades in writing intensive courses: Literary Explorations, American Studies, and Scientific Inquiries (Biology): 23% of variance explained. Prior GPA SAT-CR SAT-We SAT-Wmc CWRA+
- 14. MEASURING UP English core assessment
- 15. No reliability as outcome measures IMSA Thesis Paragraphs Quote Usage CWRA+ Analytic Reasoning Writing Effectiveness Writing Mechanics Problem Solving
- 16. THEREFORE What this means in practice
- 17. Student Support CWRA+ individual results as a diagnostic Further grade and retention modeling using this data
- 18. Assessment Development Performance task academy School improvement plan Revision of core assessment
- 19. Value added “Small” effect size for time by junior year. Senior exit testing next.