Teaching Non-Linguistic Specialties Students of the Main Types of Work with a Scientific Text in the Study of the Discipline "Professional Foreign Language"

Design of assessment criteria.

Designing the Assessment (2)  Assessment should be valid so it measures what it purports to  The assessment should be reliable so provide the same results with different markers and cohorts  Assessment should be challenging and incrementally develop skills  Assessment should be designed to minimise plagiarism

A method of designing the organization/product as it is being measured, which models a system of interacting parts such as professors, administrators, and students who produce documentation that can be used to track changes over time.

Six criteria used to describe assessments

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  False dichotomies. ...
  
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  Formal/Informal. ...
  
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  Paper-Pencil/Performance-Based. ...
  
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  Traditional/Authentic. ...
  
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  Standardized/Teacher-Developed. ...
  
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  Criterion-References/Norm-Referenced. ...
  
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  Formative/Summative. ...
  
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  Six criteria of assessments.
  

The Four Steps of the Assessment Cycle

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   Step 1: Clearly define and identify the learning outcomes. ...
   
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   Step 2: Select appropriate assessment measures and assess the learning outcomes. ...
   
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   Step 3: Analyze the results of the outcomes assessed. ...
   
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   Step 4: Adjust or improve programs following the results of the learning outcomes assessed.
   

A pre-service teacher at Darwin High School acknowledges that one of her biggest challenges in teaching is in making accurate and consistent judgements of student work during summative assessments.

A pre-service teacher at Darwin High School acknowledges that one of her biggest challenges in teaching is in making accurate and consistent judgements of student work during summative assessments.  Within an assessment moderation panel, in which she participates with her supervisor and another pre-service student, samples of student work are examined and compared against published 'assessment design criteria'. The assessment moderation, and the strategies used by the supervisor, provides an illustration for the pre-service teachers of the value of moderation for accurate grading, but also for modifying teaching practice.