Order 1261207: Evaluation Assessment

1. LITERACY FOCUS, which all candidates complete (Assessment Evaluation 1 – Reading)

Since education assessment instruments are costly and not listed in the course materials, this assignment consists of researching and evaluating assessment instruments. If your school has any education kit(s) discussed in this assignment, you are permitted to review the testing materials on your own, however, this is not required. A citation would be included on the reference page.

Specific Guidelines for the Assessment Evaluations

Step 1 – Research

1. Select 4 instruments from the Approved Assessment Instruments List. (See separate document.)

2. Using Buros Mental Measurements, examine 4 measurement studies or measurement reviews about the existing measures from the Approved Assessment Instruments List. There should be 4 assessments reviewed for both Assessment Evaluation assignments.

3. Critically analyze the measures, addressing strengths and weaknesses. There is a data collection template provided to ease the process of collecting information. Each critical analysis should include the following:

· A Summary of the assessment instrument with clear, specific information unique to the instrument, including the population who could be tested with the instrument.

· An analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the measure. There must be a minimum of 2 reasons to support each one.

· Justification for why the measurement would be an appropriate measure for different populations.

4. Repeat #3 for each of the 4 instruments.