Considering Multidimensionality: A Solution for Noncognitive Assessment Application in Education (Poster 30)

• In Event: Friday Poster Session 9:35 am
  In Poster Session: Division D Poster Session 2

Abstract

Noncognitive skills have become a primary focus of education today, with shifting ideas regarding what skills and qualities successful students should exhibit. One key issue in this shift, however, is the question regarding noncognitive skill assessment. Though it is apparent that the Achievement Gap persists because of traditional measures of cognition, noncognitive assessment continues to be somewhat of a psychometric blackhole. This study aims to identify issues of multidimensionality and polytomous scoring on noncognitive assessments to establish innovative and effective psychometric approaches to assessing such skills, specifically employing Situational Judgment Tests (SJTs) and the measure of decision-making. This, then, opens the doors to include noncognitive assessment more broadly in the classroom and to better understand a student’s path to success.

Author

• Hannah Lieber, Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE)