Improving Classroom Tests as a Means of Improving Assessment

摘要

Currently much discussion is occurring within the mathematics-education community regarding assessment. In attempting to develop the mathematical power of students, the Assessment Standards for School Mathematics (NCTM 1995, 29) encourages teachers to make several changes in their assessment practices. Among these are the following: 1. A shift toward judging the progress of each student's attainment of mathematical power, and away from assessing students' knowledge of specific facts and isolated skills 2. A shift toward using multiple and complex assessment tools (such as performance tasks, projects, writing assignments, oral demonstrations, and portfolios), and away from sole reliance on answers to brief questions on quizzes and chapter tests.