Evolution of Assessments in LDT

  • Moving towards criterion-based assessments

    Moving towards criterion-based assessments

    Instead of assessing learners against other learners, or the norm, the focus shifts towards assessing them against certain, identified criteria (Glaser)
  • Focusing on formative assessments

    Focusing on formative assessments

    Ongoing, focused feedback is proven to greatly benefit learning (Black William)
  • Becoming more authentic

    Becoming more authentic

    Shifting towards more specific, performance-based, real-world tasks (Wiggins)
  • Gathering evidence

    Gathering evidence

    Designing learning that focuses on alignment and validity, beginning with what learners should know and identifies behaviors and tasks that demonstrate that knowledge (Mislevy et al.)
  • Building credentials

    Building credentials

    Adding digital badges to reflect competency
  • Getting sneaky

    Getting sneaky

    Developing stealth assessments, placing assessments in games so as to make the learning and evidence capturing unnoticeable
  • Returning to the drawing board with AI

    Returning to the drawing board with AI

    Feeling pressure to redesign assessments that cannot be performed by generative AI; drafting policy about the use of generative AI