Research on Teacher Competency in Classroom Assessment

Assessment Capability and Student Self-regulation: The Challenge of Preparing Teachers

“…In an era of assessment and accountability reform, where schools and students are increasingly subjected to testing and evaluation, and formative practices are also promoted, studies continue to reveal deficiencies in the assessment preparation of teachers (Campbell, 2013). In the US, studies have revealed that teacher candidates need enhanced preparation in assessment and evaluation including designing assessments related to valued outcomes, using assessment evidence to inform teaching and learning, using high quality evaluation practices, and informing students, their parents and other stakeholders about outcomes (Brookhart, 2001).…”

“…Studies have reported programs that prepare teacher candidates to use assessment for multiple purposes, engage with the complex nature of classroom assessment, and be able to critique such practices in light of assessment purposes, principles, and philosophies (DeLuca and Klinger, 2010;Eyers, 2014;Smith et al, 2014). Even though there is strong evidence about the importance of classroom assessment, studies have reported that teacher candidate preparation has been less than adequate and that preservice assessment teaching (when it occurs) can also be diluted through teaching practice experiences and/or particular personal characteristics of the teacher candidates themselves (Campbell, 2013). Furthermore, when they begin teacher education, teacher candidates generally demonstrate negative emotions about assessment (Crossman, 2007;Smith et al, 2014) have conceptions of assessment that are from those of practicing teachers (Brown and Remesal, 2012;Chen and Brown, 2013) and while they might value the ideals of formative assessment they do not know how to implement it (Winterbottom et al, 2008).…”

“…In the US, studies have revealed that teacher candidates need enhanced preparation in assessment and evaluation including designing assessments related to valued outcomes, using assessment evidence to inform teaching and learning, using high quality evaluation practices, and informing students, their parents and other stakeholders about outcomes (Brookhart, 2001). Many teacher preparation programs and certification agencies do not require coursework in assessment (Campbell, 2013), and, especially in the US, teacher preparation focuses mostly on measurement aspects of assessment, requiring teacher candidates to understand and demonstrate techniques such as test and item construction (Cizek, 2010;Stiggins, 2010;Campbell, 2013;McMillan, 2013) and summative marking and grading (Barnes, 1985). Internationally since 2000, as the emphasis in classroom assessment has shifted toward formative assessment (McMillan et al, 2002;Kane, 2006;Hill and Eyers, 2016) and include students participating in their own assessment (Brown and Harris, 2013;Earl, 2013;Andrade and Brown, 2016), research attention to teacher candidate learning of formative assessment has also begun to shift.…”

Adaptación y Pilotaje de un Portafolio Para Evaluar Prácticas de Evaluación de Aprendizajes en el Aula en Profesoresde Matemática de Segundo Ciclo Básico

“…Las prácticas de evaluación de aprendizaje en el aula (en adelante PEAA) son la medición educacional más influyente en el aprendizaje de los alumnos, ya que entregan información de calidad sobre el proceso de aprendizaje de cada alumno, sus fortalezas y debilidades (Campbell, 2013) y retroalimentación para mejorar las prácticas docentes (Pecheone & Chung, 2006;Wolf & Taylor, 2008).…”

“…A pesar de esto, muchos profesores reportan no sentirse bien preparados para esta tarea (Campbell, 2013;Montecinos, Rittershaussen, Solís, Contreras & Contreras, 2010). Además, la investigación ha mostrado que el auto-reporte de los docentes respecto de sus prácticas evaluativas no correlaciona con la evaluación de estas prácticas en base de la evidencia empírica directa, recolectada en un portafolio (Randel & Clark, 2013;Romo, Treviño & Villalobos, 2014).…”