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Designing and Evaluating an Interactive Score Report for Students CBAL

Author(s):
Vezzu, Margaret; VanWinkle, Waverely Hester; Zapata-Rivera, Diego
Publication Year:
2012
Report Number:
RM-12-01
Source:
ETS Research Memorandum
Document Type:
Report
Page Count:
34
Subject/Key Words:
Student Score Reports, Middle School, Interactive, Usability Studies, Student Engagement, Score Report Design Principles, Cognitively Based Assessment of, for, and as Learning (CBAL)

Abstract

In an effort to make students active participants in their learning and to consider students’ score reporting needs, we have designed an interactive student score report for middle school students that implements a guided-instructional activity aimed at facilitating student understanding of score report information and improving student engagement. This paper showcases an interactive student score report developed for the Cognitively Based Assessment of, for, and as Learning (CBAL) initiative and reports on results from an initial usability study, as well as revisions made to the original version of the score report based upon results from the initial usability study and expert feedback. In addition, results are presented from a follow-up usability study comparing the graphical representations in Version 1 of the score report to Version 2 of the report.

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