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Table 1 Ongoing evolution in assessment
From: Process data, the new frontier for assessment development: rich new soil or a quixotic quest?
Past | Present | Future | |
|---|---|---|---|
Item development | Labor intensive | Labor intensive | Automatized |
Item types | Generic | Enhanced | Real-life |
Test design | Static | Semi-static | Data-driven |
Test assembly | Labor intensive | Semi-automatized | Automatized |
Accessibility | Limited | Universal design | Adaptive |
Timing | Not measurable | Measured | Used |
Pathways | Not observable | Observable | Modeled |
Validity | Content/core-based | Construct based | Process based |
Feedback | Summative | Summative | Diagnostic |