In:
Education Sciences, MDPI AG, Vol. 11, No. 10 ( 2021-10-18), p. 648-
Abstract:
The Performance Assessment for California Teachers (PACT) is a high stakes summative assessment that was designed to measure pre-service teacher readiness. We examined the inter-rater reliability (IRR) of trained PACT evaluators who rated 19 candidates. As measured by Cohen’s weighted kappa, the overall IRR estimate was 0.17 (poor strength of agreement). IRR estimates ranged from −0.29 (worse than expected by chance) to 0.54 (moderate strength of agreement); all were below the standard of 0.70 for consensus agreement. Follow-up interviews of 10 evaluators revealed possible reasons we observed low IRR, such as departures from established PACT scoring protocol, and lack of, or inconsistent, use of a scoring aid document. Evaluators reported difficulties scoring the materials that candidates submitted, particularly the use of Academic Language. Cognitive Task Analysis (CTA) is suggested as a method to improve IRR in the PACT and other teacher performance assessments such as the edTPA.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
2227-7102
DOI:
10.3390/educsci11100648
Language:
English
Publisher:
MDPI AG
Publication Date:
2021
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2704213-3
SSG:
5,3
