Book chapter
It's Game Day in Large-Scale Assessment: Practical Considerations for Expanded Development and Use of Simulations and Game-Based Assessment in Large-Scale K-12 Testing Programs: Applications in School and Workplace Contexts
Theoretical issues of using simulations and games in educational assessment : applications in school and workplace contexts, pp.201-225
Routledge Research in Digital Education and Educational Technology, Routledge
2022
DOI: 10.4324/9780429282119-8
Abstract
Considerations for the use of simulations and game-based assessments in large-scale, K–12 testing programs are discussed to shed light on the potential these innovations have for enhancing measurement in statewide testing of academic content standards. Technical and administrative requirements of large-scale assessment are described to define the innovation challenge of testing for federal accountability. Pathways for innovation and strategies for implementation involve collaboration between software developers, content experts, and measurement specialists, whether implementation is in response to specific federal funding streams or considered an aspect of continuous improvement at the state level. The idea of building games and simulations to the content and technical specifications of existing assessments rather than altering those specifications to fit existing games is advanced. Examples and illustrations are provided.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- It's Game Day in Large-Scale Assessment: Practical Considerations for Expanded Development and Use of Simulations and Game-Based Assessment in Large-Scale K-12 Testing Programs: Applications in School and Workplace Contexts
- Creators
- Stephen B. Dunbar - University of IowaCatherine J. Welch - University of Iowa
- Contributors
- H F ONeil (Editor)E L Baker (Editor)R S Perez (Editor)S E Watson (Editor)
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Theoretical issues of using simulations and games in educational assessment : applications in school and workplace contexts, pp.201-225
- Publisher
- Routledge; New York, NY
- Series
- Routledge Research in Digital Education and Educational Technology
- DOI
- 10.4324/9780429282119-8
- Number of pages
- 25
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2022
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Quantitative Foundations
- Record Identifier
- 9984543186702771
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