1. Assessment methods portfolio
Topic: Assessment methods portfolioOrder DescriptionAssignment 1? Portfolio of Selected
Assessment MethodsFor each of the following assessment methods, write a statement about
its relevance and using criteria for effective assessment, its advantages and disadvantages
for the subject area in which you teach. Develop an example of this form of assessment in
your teaching area.? Observation? Completion, short-answer and true-false items? Multiple-
choice and matching exercises? Essays? Performance assessment? Portfolios? Assessing
higher-order thinking skillsSubmit a portfolio in which you include four assessment tasks.
Three of them will be developed to show the breadth of your assessment literacy
knowledge and skill; the fourth will reveal the depth of your assessment
literacy.*Assignment 1 Assessment methods
portfolioGradedYesWeighting:40%Length:2000 wordsDue date:14 May, but you will have
to start this assignment much soonerPurposesIn this paper, you will demonstrate your
knowledge of assessment literacy ? relating instructional goals to methods of assessment
and critiquing those methods using a set of criteria including reliability, validity authenticity
and fairness.This assignment enables you to apply your assessment literacy knowledge to
the subject area in which you work. During Weeks 5 to 8, you will have investigated a range
of assessment methods. In each of these weeks, you will develop an assessment activity in
which you apply the assessment method being investigated in your chosen subject area. You
will critique that activity using criteria discussed under the assessment literacy theme of
the topic (Weeks 1 to 4).These weekly activities will form the basis of the portfolio that you
submit for assessment.The assignmentCreate a portfolio of four assessment activities, each
using a different assessment method. Through these activities, you will demonstrate the
breadth of your understanding of assessment methods.ElaborationYou may care to use
Table 5.1 from Brown and Race (2013, pp. 79-84) to guide you in selecting and critiquing
the activities that you generate. Note that in the table, Brown and Race offer a wider
selection of assessment methods than we discuss in class. Feel free to use that list of
methods if you believe that they offer methods that would be relevant to your subject
area.In the portfolio, nominate one of the assessment activities that you have generated.
Develop it in greater depth than the other three. In this task, you will demonstrate the depth
of your knowledge of an assessment method.As an introduction to the assignment, refer to a
definition of assessment so that you can show which aspects of this definition are aIDressed
in your assessment tasks. Indicate briefly the context for the assessment activities; i.e. the
content domain, the level (pre-primary, primary, secondary, tertiary) of the students.For

2. each assessment method:? Specify one or a few learning targets in a learning domain?
Relate the learning targets to content and performance standards? Describe any resources
students will use? Describe the activities that students will undertake? Specify success
criteria, in terms of the knowledge skills students must demonstrate? Critique the
assessment using criteria for effective assessment.For the assessment method that you
develop in depth, in aIDition to the above:? Describe the expected performances of just
passing, credit and high distinction students (for this, you may develop a rubric)2? Indicate
the feedback that you will provide to students at the three performance levels.JudgmentYou
will need to exercise your own judgment in deciding on ?how much? information to provide.
For example, if you choose the multiple-choice method, you should present say one or two
examples for a breadth task and four or five for a depth task; but for an essay, you should
present a single essay prompt.In selecting the assessment methods, you will not
demonstrate much breadth if you select true-false, multiple-choice, matching and short
answer methods. These are all quite similar. Again, you should use your judgment about
how diverse the chosen methods should be in order to demonstrate your breadth of
assessment knowledge.Your judgment is also required in your critique of assessment
methods. In the modified assessment literacy concept map, I refer to many potential criteria
for evaluating assessment methods and tasks. Not all of these are relevant to all assessment
activities, so do not feel compelled to refer to all of them. Select those that you believe are
most relevant to your chosen purpose, context and task.GradingTwo aspects of the portfolio
will be assessed: the breadth of coverage of methods (30% for the ?breadth? tasks) and the
depth of your knowledge of assessment literacy through the ?depth? activity that you
nominate (60%). The remaining 10% is allocated to presentation, including language
formalities and references.** ContextTeaching context:This course is "general English for
the first level for all students as a basic course" conducted in a College of Technology, in
which students study the English language as a foreign language course. When the students
get a secondary school certification they enrol in the College to obtain a Diploma. The
students, who are between 18 to 21 years old, are at an intermediate English proficiency
level. There are different majors in the college.The assessment is used to evaluate students?
abilities in reading, vocabulary, writing and grammar.to get knowledge of general English,
which will help them to use it effectively inside and outside the workshop. This course
covers skills the students need to communicate successfully in technical and industrial
specialisations. These days, an understanding of English is regarded as an essential element
to get a job. Students study English to be prepared to work in the private sectors, while
officials in the private sector look for qualified workers.