Thinking more about OTJs
“Teachers are best placed to determine quality of student achievement over time and at specific points because teachers are integral to requirements of teaching, assessment tasks and expectations of quality performance.” (Wyatt-Smith, Klenowski & Gunn, 2010, p.61)
Discussion Questions:
- What do you think about teachers being best placed to make OTJs (derived from a range of information) rather than a score on a test like asTTle or PATs determining student achievement?
- What are the risks for teachers in making OTJs?
How are defensible OTJs made?
Making defensible Overall Teacher Judgments relies on understanding the standards, planning, gathering and interpreting high quality assessment information that is dependable and appropriate (relates to the question we ask or the use to which we wish to put the data). Technically this is referred to as validity.