Assessment in Statistics Education: Resources

Books

A collection of practical ways to assess student learning and for giving the instructor student feedback on various course components; includes ideas like the minute paper and the punctuated lecture.

A collection of articles, both conceptual and practical, on issues of assessment in statistics education.

A collection of articles discussing assessment practices and techniques ranging from program assessment to classroom assessment to assessment of teaching.

This report reviews and synthesizes advances in the cognitive sciences and measurement and explores their implications for improving educational assessment. It addresses assessments used in both classroom and large-scale contexts for three broad purposes: to assist learning, to measure individual achievement, and to evaluate programs.

This book brings to bear the author’s understanding of teaching for understanding and its implications for performance-based assessment including pragmatic advice, background, and extensive references. An accompanying workbook is the Understanding by design: professional development workbook (2004, workbook ed.) by the same authors, published by the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD).

 

 

Below are two important articles on alternative methods of assessment in the introductory statistics course. In addition, there are many readings at the ARTIST Website (https://app.gen.umn.edu/artist/)

 

      https://app.gen.umn.edu/artist/ 

One of the broadest endeavors is the ARTIST project, which provides a variety of assessment resources including sample assignments, research instruments, discussion of implementation issues, and the Assessment Builder, which provides free downloadable access to over 1,000 high-quality assessment items that focus on statistical literacy, reasoning, and thinking.

       http://www.unm.edu/~cschau/satshomepage.htm 

This is a tool for assessing student’s attitudes towards statistics.

 

Articles

Assessment Items

Research Instruments