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Using Testing to Provide Feedback to Support Instruction: A Reexamination of the Role of Assessment in Educational Organizations

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Item Banking: Interactive Testing and Self-Assessment

Part of the book series: NATO ASI Series ((NATO ASI F,volume 112))

Abstract

Presently used assessment practices mainly focus on summative evaluation and ignore the important function of formative evaluation. Formative evaluation is needed to provide Information and feedback to the learner as well as to teachers and school administrators in the instructional program. This paper demonstrates how a technology based Information Referenced Testing (IRT) concept can be used to provide formative evaluation feedback to the instructional leadership triad of learner, instructor and educational administrator. Illustration of various IRT generated feedback reports and a survey of applications to educational organizations are provided.

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    James E. Bruno

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  1. Service de Technologie de l’Education, Université de Liège au Sart Tilman Boulevard du Rectorat, 5 Bât, B32 Sart Tilman, B-4000, Liège, Belgium

    Dieudonnè A. Leclercq

  2. Graduate School of Education, University of California, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90024-1321, USA

    James E. Bruno

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Bruno, J.E. (1993). Using Testing to Provide Feedback to Support Instruction: A Reexamination of the Role of Assessment in Educational Organizations. In: Leclercq, D.A., Bruno, J.E. (eds) Item Banking: Interactive Testing and Self-Assessment. NATO ASI Series, vol 112. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-58033-8_16

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