The Role of Assessment in Teaching, Learning and Education There are essentially four categories in which testing and assessment play a role: (1) Teaching and Learning (2) Program Evaluation and Research (3) Guidance and Counselling (4) Administration While these are interrelated and test results can be used in several categories. Teaching and Learning: All teaching…
– Written by: Dr. Claudio Violato – Test Theories There are three major interrelated test theories today: 1) Classical test theory (CTT), 2) Generalizability theory (G-theory) 3) Item response theory (IRT). All three theories are fundamental to the field of psychometrics – the theory and technique of psychological and educational measurement. This includes the objective…
– Written by: Dr. Claudio Violato – The Flexner Report In 1910, Abraham Flexner produced the now famous Flexner Report, Medical Education in the United States and Canada: A Report to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching that was commissioned by the Carnegie Foundation [1]. At that time there were approximately 157 medical schools that…
