WK15 Discussion

Conceptions of Assessment III Abridged Survey (Brown, 2006)

Directions: This survey asks about your beliefs and understandings about ASSESSMENT. Please answer

the questions using YOUR OWN understanding of assessment.

Please give your rating for each of the following 27 statements based on YOUR opinion about assessment.

Indicate how much you actually agree or disagree with each statement. Use the following rating scale below

and choose the one response that comes closest to describing your opinion.

Strongly

Disagree Disagree

Neither

Disagree

Nor Agree

Agree Strongly

Agree

1. Assessment provides information on how well

schools are doing.

1 2 3 4 5

2. Assessment is an accurate indicator of a school’s

quality.

1 2 3 4 5

3. Assessment is a good way to evaluate a school.

1 2 3 4 5

4. Assessment places students into categories.

1 2 3 4 5

5. Assessment is assigning a grade or level to student

work.

1 2 3 4 5

6. Assessment determines if students meet

qualifications standards.

1 2 3 4 5

7. Assessment is a way to determine how much

students have learned from teaching.

1 2 3 4 5

8. Assessment provides feedback to students about

their performance.

1 2 3 4 5

9. Assessment is integrated with teaching practice.

1 2 3 4 5

10. Assessment results are trustworthy.

1 2 3 4 5

11. Assessment establishes what students have learned.

1 2 3 4 5

12. Assessment informs students of their learning

needs.

1 2 3 4 5

13. Assessment information modifies ongoing teaching

of students.

1 2 3 4 5

14. Assessment results are consistent.

1 2 3 4 5

15. Assessment measures students’ higher order

thinking skills.

1 2 3 4 5

16. Assessment helps students improve their learning.

1 2 3 4 5

17. Assessment allows different students to get

different instruction.

1 2 3 4 5

18. Assessment results can be depended on.

1 2 3 4 5

19. Assessment forces teachers to teach in a way that is

contradictory to their beliefs.

1 2 3 4 5

20. Teachers conduct assessments but make little use of

the results.

1 2 3 4 5

21. Assessment results should be treated cautiously

because of measurement error.

1 2 3 4 5

Strongly

Disagree Disagree

Neither

Disagree

Nor Agree

Agree Strongly

Agree

22. Assessment is unfair to students.

1 2 3 4 5

23. Assessment results are filed & ignored.

1 2 3 4 5

24. Teachers should take into account the error and

imprecision in all assessment.

1 2 3 4 5

25. Assessment interferes with teaching.

1 2 3 4 5

26. Assessment has little impact on teaching.

1 2 3 4 5

27. Assessment is an imprecise process. 1 2 3 4 5

Calculating Your Scores:

For each subscale below calculate your score by adding up your responses to the indicated items and then

dividing by 3. The higher your score, the more you agree with the subscale statement. For example, if I

scored a 5 on the Assessment Makes Schools Accountable subscale, I would strongly agree with this

statement, “Assessment makes schools accountable.”

Assessment Makes Schools Accountable score________

• Add items 1, 2, 3 and then divide by 3

Assessment Makes Students Accountable score________

• Add items 4, 5, 6 and then divide by 3

Assessment Describes Abilities score______

• Add items 7, 11, 15 and then divide by 3

Assessment Improves learning score________

• Add items 8, 12, 16 and then divide by 3

Assessment Improves Teaching score______

• Add items 9, 13, 17 and then divide by 3

Assessment is Valid score _____

• Add items 10, 14, 18 and then divide by 3

Assessment is Bad score _____

• Add items 19, 22, 25 and then divide by 3

Assessment is Ignored score_____

• Add items 23, 24 , 26 and then divide by 3

Assessment is Inaccurate score _____

• Add items 20, 21, 27 and divide by 3

Reference:

Brown, G. T. L. (2006). Teachers’ conceptions of assessment: Validation of an abridged instrument.

Psychological Reports, 99(1), 166-170.