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Handouts from the TABS session on the CWRA entitled "Stop Counting Fish"
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stop counting fish
performance task1 of 3
“Bad…”
john austin
We ask our students, quite
simply, to count fish.
“creating an academy of learners.”
the need for adifferent assessment
institutions are equipped to improve 21st century skills
when they connect teaching, learning, and assessment
through authentic, performance-based practices
performance task2 of 3
performance task3 of 3
(a) William Shakespeare(b) John Updike
(c) Ernest Hemingway(d) None of the above
Rewards factual recallFails to gauge transferability
ContentKnowledge
ContentSkills
GeneralKnowledge
GeneralSkills
ContentKnowledge
ContentSkills
GeneralKnowledge
GeneralSkills
ContentKnowledge
ContentSkills
GeneralKnowledge
GeneralSkills
ContentKnowledge
ContentSkills
GeneralKnowledge
GeneralSkills
so what?
The provision of transferrable skills is
as important as the provision of content
so what?
so what?
The top ten in-demand jobs in 2010 did not exist in 2004.
We are currently preparing students for jobs that don’t yet exist
using technologies that have not yet been invented
in order to solve problems that we don’t even know are problems yet.
Did You Know? | www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmwwrGV_aiE
Proportion of employers who say MORE emphasis
should be paid to specific selected learning
outcomes
so what?
the ability to effectively communicateorally and in writing
73%
critical thinking andanalytic reasoning skills
73%
application of knowledge and skills to real world settings
73%
the ability to analyzeand solve complex problems
64%
What happens when a town is confronted by an
increase in drug use
(during an election season)
bias
small sample
quantitative reasoning
appropriate comparison group
correlation vs. causation
Incorrect (improper?) use of data
ability to filter
what is all of this measuring?
growth
value-added
contributions of sub-traits
comparison to other institutions
comparison to peer groups
but to what purpose?
subverting accountability
admissionscriteria
exit exam
targeting areas for improvementby grade level
targeting areas for improvementby characteristic
targeting areas for improvementby characteristic
targeting areas for improvementby characteristic
=
targeting areas for improvementby subscore
targeting areas for improvementone-on-one guidance
8th gradersstarting spring 2013
aligning
collaboration
collegiatelearningassessment.com/contact
aligning
faculty development
performance taskbonus
None of the top ten jobs that will exist in 2010 exist today. Rather than focusing on specific technologies or specific problems, we need to equip students with those concepts that are common to all problems, all technologies, all skills
The Jobs Revolution: Changing How America Works. 2004
The provision of transferrable skills is
as important as the provision of content
opportunities to participate
January:Performance Task Academy in New York
opportunities to participate
March:Performance Task Academy in Chicago
opportunities to participate
Spring 2012:
January 28-April 15 cwra
April 1-May 31 cwra+
$22 per student
chris jackson212.217.0845cjackson@cae.orgcollegiatelearningassessment.org/cwrapresentations