Top 5 Reasons Assessment Literacy

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02/04/2021 Added

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Top 5 Reasons for Graduate Students to use Assessment Literacy

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[00:00:06.120]Hi everybody. This is Raul from the Buros Center for Testing
[00:00:08.550]and I'm back again,
[00:00:09.330]to talk to you about the top five Buros resources that graduate students can
[00:00:13.230]use to improve their assessment literacy.
[00:00:15.600]You're going to want to make sure that you have a pen and paper handy because
[00:00:19.020]this is going to be packed with information
[00:00:23.190]for graduate students.
[00:00:24.180]We are generally tasked with learning a lot of new information on our own time,
[00:00:27.450]especially when it comes to finding topics for our own research.
[00:00:31.530]And while it can be difficult to know where to go,
[00:00:33.090]to find reliable information related to testing, have no fear Buros is here.
[00:00:38.130]I found that learning how to use the resources provided by the Buros Center
[00:00:41.220]for Testing has been instrumental to my graduate training.
[00:00:44.850]Following the fundamental goals of our founder, Oscar Buros,
[00:00:47.820]the Buros assessment literacy initiative seeks to provide professionals and
[00:00:51.480]graduate students with instructional and educational resources to improve their
[00:00:55.140]ability to develop and use tests and assessments while considering relevant
[00:00:59.010]testing standards and guidelines for responsible test use.
[00:01:02.400]So without further ado,
[00:01:03.960]here are my top five Buros resources that graduate students can use to improve
[00:01:07.920]their assessment literacy.
[00:01:10.620]If you would like to learn more information about the information I'm speaking
[00:01:13.530]about in this video related to assessment literacy,
[00:01:16.500]or if you just want to follow along,
[00:01:18.420]feel free to head to buros.org from there.
[00:01:20.820]There's two places where you can access information related to assessment
[00:01:23.880]literacy.
[00:01:24.930]The first is on this top blue little bar under the assessment literacy section.
[00:01:31.440]The second section is actually on the first page.
[00:01:34.500]When you enter buros.org under assessment literacy,
[00:01:42.180]The first reason you should be looking at assessment literacy section is because of
[00:01:45.210]our conference and webinars section.
[00:01:47.760]Are you looking for research ideas or opportunities to expand your learning and
[00:01:51.180]earn continuing education credits across various assessment topics?
[00:01:54.930]Then you should check out our professional development page
[00:01:57.210]where we provide access to information about upcoming conferences or live
[00:02:00.750]webinar events
[00:02:01.890]as well as access to past video content from previously recorded events in our
[00:02:05.310]video library.
[00:02:17.220]The second reason you should check out our assessment literacy section is
[00:02:20.460]because of our video library.
[00:02:24.210]Our video library is incredible as we host over 40 videos across a variety of
[00:02:28.410]topics and educational, psychological assessment,
[00:02:31.440]addressing measurement fundamentals, test development and evaluation, testing
[00:02:35.880]specific populations and ethical legal, and policy considerations.
[00:02:41.370]You can also filter information via topic or by audience.
[00:02:54.630]As part of Buros' ongoing efforts to improve the science and practice of
[00:02:57.570]testing
[00:02:58.800]The Guides & Digital Resources section of our website provides information to
[00:03:02.590]support professionals with appropriate selection of tests.
[00:03:06.250]Here you can expect to find step-by-step guides on how to use Buros
[00:03:09.880]materials, such as the Mental Measurements Yearbook, Tests in Print,
[00:03:13.270]and Pruebas Publicadas en Español.
[00:03:16.090]You can also find links to help locate and identify assessments across
[00:03:20.620]various professional websites and archival Buros publication on measurement
[00:03:25.270]and testing.
[00:03:29.110]Another section that was just recently added to our Buros website is the
[00:03:33.850]Social and Emotional Learning Assessment Technical Guidebook
[00:03:37.120]which provides specific guidance aligned with professional standards on locating
[00:03:40.660]and identifying social emotional learning assessments,
[00:03:44.320]evaluating measurement quality, and recommendations for using these types of
[00:03:48.340]assessments.
[00:03:57.790]The fourth session of the assessment literacy section is a standard codes and
[00:04:01.720]guidelines section
[00:04:04.750]Under the Standards, Codes, and Guidelines section
[00:04:07.030]you will find professional standards, codes,
[00:04:09.070]and guidelines that address testing and assessment practices in the profession.
[00:04:14.110]What is super cool about this page is that our search function lets you sort the
[00:04:18.370]list by audience, title, organization, and year.
[00:04:23.860]So if you were interested in looking for information produced by the American
[00:04:26.590]psychological association,
[00:04:28.450]then all you got to do is sort by the organization's function from here.
[00:04:33.190]You can see that the first two listings are from APA.
[00:04:36.820]Are you a school psychologist like me will click on this audience function
[00:04:42.550]and scroll down to school psychologist and you'll see that the principles for
[00:04:46.090]professional ethics is listed from the national association of school
[00:04:49.300]psychologists or NASP
[00:04:55.360]The last section worth mentioning under the assessment literacy section is our
[00:04:58.930]glossaries page.
[00:05:01.360]We all know that learning new terminology can be difficult under the glossary
[00:05:05.110]section of the assessment literacy page.
[00:05:06.880]You'll find links to three professional organizations,
[00:05:09.580]assessment glossary page here.
[00:05:12.340]These pages will review important testing assessment,
[00:05:14.860]measurement and statistical terms that you'll need to be proficient in
[00:05:17.740]assessment literacy. And there you have it.
[00:05:22.480]Those are my top five boroughs resources that graduate students can use to
[00:05:25.510]improve their assessment literacy. So just to recap,
[00:05:28.300]let's run through those five resources again.
[00:05:30.700]The first one was our webinar and conference section.
[00:05:34.060]The second resource was our video library.
[00:05:37.480]The third section was our guides and digital resource section.
[00:05:42.250]The fourth was a professional standards codes and guidelines section,
[00:05:46.510]and our fifth resource was our glossary section.
[00:05:51.730]After you've finished watching this video,
[00:05:53.230]I highly recommend that you head on over to buros.org to check out our
[00:05:56.470]assessment literacy session. From there,
[00:05:58.820]you can check out all of the resources that I talked about in this video.
[00:06:02.360]And if you find a resource that's really helpful for you, give us some feedback.
[00:06:05.570]We love knowing what works for you and what doesn't work for you. Again,
[00:06:09.230]assessment literacy can be really difficult sometimes.
[00:06:11.420]So at the Buros Center for Testing, we want to make this as easy as possible.
[00:06:14.960]I hope you enjoyed this video and feel free to always reach out to us
[00:06:17.510]if you have any questions at all. Thank you.

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