Measuring Teacher Assessment Competency: An Instrument Development Study

• In Event: Measurement of Classroom Assessment Practices

Abstract

Teacher competency in educational assessment is a professional requirement within the existing standards-based, accountability framework of US public education. However, existing measures of teachers’ assessment competency maintain weak reliability and validity evidence. The purpose of this research is to review current assessment standards and existing measures in order to develop a reliable contemporary instrument to measure teacher assessment competency. Specifically, this study serves to: (a) analyze 15 teacher assessment standards from six regions internationally; (b) examine existing assessment competency measures; and (c) construct an assessment competency instrument with initial reliability and validity evidence from 400 teachers. Results from this study provide an empirically validated instrument to measure teachers’ assessment competency based on an analysis of contemporary assessment standards.

Authors

• Christopher DeLuca, Queen's University - Kingston

• Danielle LaPointe, Queen's University

• Ulemu Luhanga, Emory University