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Emma Betz

1. Fairness in assessments promotes motivation and trust by allowing your students to know that your classroom is an even playing field for everyone.

2. By using facts and items directly from the sources, it ensures reliability and validity. You could also have a peer read through and review the the assessment.

3. Students perceive fairness based on how well worded the information is. If you are working something to try and trick them the students will not think it is fair. By aligning everything to your learning targets, it ensures fairness in your assessments.

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1. Fairness in an assessment is important for fostering student motivation and trust because it ensures all students feel valued, and are capable of success.

2. Ensuring reliability and validity in assessment is something that requires careful planning, to do this you can check consistency in scoring.

3. I think students perceive fairness in assesments by how clear instructions are and if there’s any options to show their understanding

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Fairness in assessment plays a crucial role in student motivation and trust. When students believe that assessments are fair, they are more likely to engage in the learning process and feel confident in their abilities. This sense of fairness fosters a positive relationship between students and educators, as students trust that their efforts will be recognized and rewarded appropriately. Conversely, perceived unfairness can lead to frustration, disengagement, and a lack of motivation, which can negatively impact their academic performance.

To ensure reliability and validity in assessments, several strategies can be employed:

1. Clearly Defined Criteria: Establishing explicit rubrics and grading criteria helps students understand what is expected of them, thus promoting transparency and fairness.

2. Diverse Assessment Methods: Utilizing a variety of assessment formats (e.g., projects, presentations, quizzes, and peer assessments) accommodates different learning styles and provides a more comprehensive evaluation of student understanding.

3. Regular Calibration: Engaging in discussions with colleagues to review and discuss assessments helps ensure that grading is consistent and aligned with the intended learning outcomes.

4. Feedback Mechanisms: Providing timely and constructive feedback not only helps students improve but also reinforces the notion that assessments are based on their abilities rather than arbitrary measures.

As for how students perceive fairness in assessments, it often hinges on their experiences and the context in which assessments are conducted. Students are likely to view assessments as fair when they think that:

Everyone is held to the same standards: If they see that all students are treated equally regarding assessment criteria and grading practices, they tend to feel that the process is fair.

Assessments are aligned with instruction: When what is assessed reflects what was taught, students are more likely to believe that the assessments are a true measure of their learning.

They receive opportunities to demonstrate their knowledge: Students appreciate assessments that allow them to showcase their understanding in various ways, adding to their sense of fairness.

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1. Fairness in assessment impacts student motivation and trust. Students know that not everyone has the same level of intelligence. However, they want to know they can all achieve the stated goal even if they go about it a different way.

2. In order to ensure reliability and validity in my assessments, I want to make sure they accurately measure what they are intended to measure and that I get consistent results. I would need to analyze the results of the assessments and make sure to not grade any question that does not meet those standards. I would then be able to alter my assessments in the future.

3. Students perceive fairness in assessments when the same standards are used to judge all students.

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1. Fairness in assessments brings more hard work and trust into the classroom. It allows students to see you are wanting everyone to succeed and not just a few making them more determined to try their best.

2. You can use different question types such as short answers and multiple choice or matching. This allows for more of a variety and comprehensive evaluation.

3. I think students perceive fairness in how well they are reflected on with their assessment. If I give stuff they were never taught on the assessment they will feel the unfairness and feel let down.

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Jaylee Powers

1. When the students know that you as a teacher are going out of your way to make it fair for all of them they will see that and trust that you are doing what is in all of their best interest. This will also allow them to feel motivated because when they know you care about their learning the students want to continue to do well and respect the work you are providing them.

2. It is important to make sure all of the assessments that are given go with the targets and goals they are trying to meet while also making strategies that show that each student is ready and prepared for success. This can include things like audio or visuals for those that aren't on the same reading level.

3. It will be clear to the students if the assessment given is fair. It is important that each assessment still aligns with targets and goals but still making it fair for each of them, in which they are given the opportunity to have access to tools to help them succeed.

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Fairness in assessment significantly impacts student motivation and trust by fostering a sense of equity and respect in the classroom.

You can use a variety of question types and formats to cover different aspects of the content and provide a comprehensive evaluation.

I think that students often perceive fairness in assessments based on how well the test reflects what was taught, the clarity of the instructions and questions, and the transparency of the grading process. They tend to feel that an assessment is fair when it aligns closely with the learning activities and materials they have encountered.

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Fairness impacts the effort given in an assessment and their want to complete the work. If a student feels that the assessment measured information that was not taught in class, they are not going to feel the need or want to complete the assessment or try on it at all. They feel the assessment is already setting them up to fail, so why try at all.

To ensure the three pillars are met, I need to compare the questions to covered content, standards, and goals. I need to make sure they align with standards of the current lesson and the content covered in class. I will also need to talk with peers to determine if the test is reliable enough to use in my classroom, comparing the assessments with other teachers in my grade is the way to determine if the assessment accurately represented the learning happening in our classrooms.

Students take all sorts of things into account when talking about fairness, not only that the information on the assessment is fair, but that every student got a fair opportunity to take this assessment with the same amount of knowledge.

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Fairness impacts student motivation to learn in a massive way. If an assessment test students on the wrong material or is improperly written, students will feel that the teacher is against their advancement and learning. This creates a "you" vs "me" mentality when it comes to the classroom. This can not only affect the student's grades negatively but also destroy classroom rapport. I know I have been in classrooms where this was the case with the professor and every student hated to be in class and never did the homework. This is no way to learn.

I can discuss and compare assessments with other teachers in my content area and grade level. I can also use backwards design to ensure that the assessments align properly with the goals I assigned.

Students often perceive fairness as everyone being handed the same exact assessment. This is not actually fair to all students, particularly not to students with learning difficulties. Sometimes, students see fairness as whether they were adequately prepared for the assessment. If they were not, they can blame their performance and knowledge on the teacher and assessment instead.

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Kyndall McIntosh

If students are not tested over content that they have learned, they are not likely to know what they are being asked or the answer which creates distrust towards tests. If students are being asked things that they don't know the answer to, they are going to be discouraged.

To make sure assessments are reliable and valid, you need to make sure you are teaching the exact content that is on the test. You can give the same test more than once and compare student scores to make sure it was reliable.

Students perceive fairness in assessments based on their knowledge or how they feel about the test. If there were random questions that had nothing to do with what they learned, they are likely to be upset because they aren't going to know what is is.

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If students feel like the assignment is fair they are more likely to succeed, and not be confused. If students understand what they are doing they are more likely to feel confident in their work. If it is unfair then why are you teaching them that information. They will not listen, and will not learning to what you are trying to teach them. Ensuring reliability is making strong, and well rounded assessments. along with this have a good rubric to go along with it. This will keep yourself in line, and see where you are at with something. I think that the way students perceive fairness in assessments is based off how much they have learned, and the tools given to them before, and during the assessment.

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Fairness in assessments can impact student motivation and trust in a positive or negative way. It is important to make sure that there is fairness in assessments so that all students are given an equal opportunity for success. If the assessments are not held to a fairness standard some students may not be given the same opportunity as the rest. A strategy that can help ensure reliability and validity in assessments is to make sure that they align with the learning targets presented at the beginning of the lesson. We set students up for success when we make sure we keep those targets clear and at the forefront. It's difficult for me to know how students perceive fairness in assessments, however I do know that as a student myself, and am in my third year as a behavior Coach, I am becoming much more aware of how I perceive things such as fairness, validity, and reliability. As a future educator I am so grateful to have learned about the pillars of assessment so that I can apply that knowledge in just a few short years, so that my students will have the best opportunities for success!

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Fairness in assessment can impact student motivation because if an assessment is unfair, a student will go into any further assessments feeling anxious and unmotivated because they feel that they will be destined to fail. When an assessment is fair, students will know that the score they get is a direct reflection of the learning that took place.

Strategies that I can use to ensure reliability and validity in my own assessments are making strong, well-designed rubrics for each assessment, and I can also use advice or help from my coworkers.

I believe that students perceive fairness as each individually receiving the same amount and quality instruction and being given the same tools for assessment.

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When assessments are not fair, why should students trust anything you have to say in class. Why would they be motivated if they feel doomed to fail. We can greatly damage our students relationships with us and learning with unfair assessments. I will use the standards, my fellow educators, and unbiased rubrics to create reliable and valid assessments. I think students perceive assessments as fair when every student has been adequately prepared by the instruction and when everyone has the chance to take the test in the way they can succeed the most.

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How does fairness in assessment impact student motivation and trust?

What strategies can you use to ensure reliability and validity in your own assessments?

How do you think students perceive fairness in assessments?