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Analyzing Assessment Data

Assessment data is a tool instructors can use to determine if students are meeting course or learning outcomes. Assessments can be utilized in many ways, such as student practice, student self-assessment, determining readiness, determine grades, etc. The purpose of this assignment is to analyze sample test statistics to determine if student learning has taken place.

To address the questions below in this essay assignment, you will need to use sample statistics provided in the textbooks. For Questions 1-4, use the sample test statistics in Chapter 24 of Teaching in Nursing: A Guide for Faculty. For Questions 5-9, use Chapter 11 in The Nurse Educator’s Guide to Assessing Learning Outcomes.

In a 1,000-1,250 word essay, use the sample statistics data from the textbooks to respond on the following questions:

Explain what reliability is. Based on the sample statistics, is this test reliable? What evidence from the statistics supports your answer?

What trends are seen in the raw scores? How would an instructor use this information?

What is the range for this sample? What information does the range provide and why is it important?

What information does the standard error of measurement provide? Based on the data provided, does the test have a small or large standard error of measurement? How would an instructor use this information?

Explain the process of analyzing individual items once an instructor has analyzed basic concepts of measurement.

If one of the questions on the exam had a p value of 0.76, would it be a best practice to eliminate the item? Justify your answer.

If one of the questions on the exam has a negative PBI for the correct option and one or more of the distractors have a positive PBI, what information does this give the instructor? How would you recommend the instructor adjust this item?

Based on the sample statistics, has student learning taken place? Justify your answer with data.

Based on the sample statistics, what steps would you take to improve learning?

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Analyzing Assessment Data

Introduction

Let’s face it: assessment data is messy. It’s hard to see the forest for the trees, and that can make it difficult to make informed decisions about what your students are learning in class. In this blog post, we’ll discuss some ways you can analyze assessment data so that you can create better class plans and offer better feedback on student progress.

There are three ways to identify baseline data for your student.

There are three ways to identify baseline data for your student.

• Test scores: This is usually a combination of grades and final exams. If you have access to these test results, they can be used as a baseline for future comparisons.

• Student performance on assessments: You may want to consider using assessments as part of your assessment strategy, but beware that certain types of assessments may not be relevant or useful outside the context in which they were designed (for example, an essay test would not provide much insight into how well someone does in class). This type of data will help you understand where your students stand compared with other learners in their grade level or subject area

FREE!

You can easily get access to a wide range of free tools, software and apps. Here are some of them:

• Free online assessment tools that help you analyze your data: https://www.assessment-toolkit.com/free-online-assessments/

• Free offline assessments available on Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/0Bw5FtC1edDm9X2M5VVRnNjZzFkU?usp=sharing

Assessment data is only useful when compared against other bits of data.

Assessment data is only useful when compared against other bits of data.

If you have been using assessment data to evaluate student learning, but are not sure if it’s working well or not, try comparing your results with those from other teachers. This will help you see if your students’ learning is improving over time. It can also help you adjust how much time you spend on certain topics and skills so that they are easier for the students to understand later on in the year (or semester). If their performance improves dramatically as a result of these adjustments, then keep doing what works!

Where do I store student assessment data?

You can store student assessment data in a spreadsheet or database. A spreadsheet is a good option if you need to analyze the results of multiple assessments and keep track of them, but it won’t allow for easy access and retrieval by teachers.

A database is an excellent choice if you want to organize student assessment data by grade level, subject area (math vs reading), course number and more. Databases also allow users to enter new items easily when they come across them during their work day—instead of having to retype all of their old information each time they want something new added into the system!

Online tools have become increasingly popular over time due to their ease-of-use and accessibility via mobile devices like smartphones as well as desktop computers; however these platforms can be expensive so it may be worth considering using physical file cabinets instead if budget constraints aren’t too tight yet!

Takeaway:

The takeaway should be a summary of the article, not just the title.

In order to create an effective takeaway, you need to consider what your audience wants to know and understand from reading your article. If you don’t know this information, then it may not be possible for you to write an effective takeaway. For example, if someone is looking for information about how much money they can make as an entrepreneur in their area then they might want something along these lines: “You can earn up $200k per year as an entrepreneur in [insert city]!” However if someone was looking for more general advice related specifically towards starting a business without mentioning anything specific about where they live or work (like “start up now!”) then they would likely want something like this:

Conclusion

As you can see, there are many ways to analyze your assessment data. The first step is to gather it from the students and select measures that are relevant for your situation. The second step is actually using them!