Three Models of Integrated Assessment

Virtual Paper ID: 56241
  1. James Bernauer
    Robert Morris University
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    George Semich
    Robert Morris University
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    Nathan Taylor
    Robert Morris University

Abstract: Integrated Assessment is a concept that views assessment as a component of instruction rather than primarily as a way to assign grades. It combines the traditional concepts of formative and summative assessment while functioning as an embedded part of learning and as an extension of course learning. This descriptive study looks at three different ways that integrated assessment has been used at a medium size university in the US across different levels and subject areas. The researchers illustrate three cases of three different levels of integrated assessment -- an online qualitative doctoral research class, a maker education learning experience that serves primarily undergraduate education students, and a reading specialist class for master’s level students. Each class is quite different in terms of content, delivery, and learning outcomes. However, an underlying similarity was found to exist within the framework of integrated assessment. The results of this illustrative case study approach centered on these three different teaching contexts that exemplified the use of integrated assessment as a learning framework in higher education. It was found that, while these contexts vary, that integrated assessment was found to be a useful across all three of these levels and subjects and that, while these results are not generalizable in a statistical sense, faculty at other institutions of higher education might find these results transferable to their own settings.

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