DESIGNING & PILOTING ONLINE TESTS AS PART OF A TEACHER COMPETENCE ASSESSMENT

Abstract

Approaches for competence assessment are becoming increasingly important to plan school development goals, especially during complex educational changes. This paper outlines authors’ experience and recommendations from the designing and piloting of teacher online tests as part of a wider competence management process. A developed theoretical model of a universal teacher competence profile is presented. Tests represent four thematic parts related to teacher performance in classroom to facilitate: student cognitive activation, student self-regulation, student collaboration, and leveraging digital. Test questions were developed based on a framework of teacher performance assessment that consists of a structured set of performance level descriptors to help determine teacher level of competence (0-4) according to criteria developed. Online tests were completed by 197 teachers. Test results were analysed to determine their validity. Proposed online tests can be used for interpreting assessment results of teacher knowledge and beliefs necessary for teaching 21st century skills and plan teacher professional development for goal attainment in schools.

Theoretical Framework for Teachers Self- Assessment to Teach 21st Century Skills

“…Skolotāji atbild uz jautājumiem, izmanto pašnovērtējumam vai citādi (Hatty, 2009;Goe, 2007;Nilsen & Gustavson, 2016) Latvijā maz pētīta joma (Butkēviča et al, 2019;Dudareva et al, 2021) Lai radītu metodi kā novērtēt skolotāju kompetenci mācīt, atbilstoši teorētiskajam ietvaram, tiek kombinēti vairāki instrumenti, papildinot stundu vērošanas datus ar datiem, skolotājiem veicot testu un izpildot pašnovērtējuma anketu. Latvijā arī citi pētnieki atzinuši, ka ir nepieciešamība ieviest gan topošajiem, gan esošajiem skolotājiem pašnovērtējuma praksi ikdienā (Lāce, 2014).…”

“…Bērtule et al, 2019) Figure 2 Example of Framework (adapted from Bērtule et al, 2019) Pētījumā iesaistītie skolotāji izpildījuši testu un aptaujas anketu, kurā iekļautais jautājumu komplekts atbilst kategorijām, kas izvēlētas atbilstoši skolas mērķim. Testi un aptaujas izmēģinātas iepriekšējos pētījumos, jautājuma bloki veidoti atbilstoši teorētiskajam ietvaram 2. tabulā (Butkēviča et al, 2019;Dudareva et al, 2021).…”

Piloting a Teacher Competence Management Model in Schools

“…Following up on our previous research (Zandbergs, et al, 2018;Butkēviča, et al, 2018;Butkēviča, 2018;Butkēviča et al, 2019;Bērtule et al, 2019) we propose a teacher competence management model as an approach to help teachers and school leaders answer to the new challenges brought by the education curriculum reform and implement teaching and learning appropriate for students to acquire 21 st century skills. The model outlines the management of employee competence within the organization and this article looks into the parts of the model that are more related with competence development.…”

“…Teacher knowledge and beliefs (as part of competence construct) were assessed by using an online test with questions such as given classroom situations asking the teacher to tell what their typical action in those situations would be (Butkēviča, et al, 2019). Teacher classroom performance was assessed by lesson observations.…”

“…Figure 1. Phases of the competence management process and their outcomes (Butkēviča, et al, 2019) Planning and implementation of piloting the teacher competence management model in selected schools (N=8) happens over a longer period of time. In this research paper we aim to introduce the reader about the four phases of the model and the piloting process and results of the fourth phase -competence development.…”