The Future of Assessments in Engineering Design The K12 Engineering Education Podcast

Now that states have written engineering into K-12 science and technology
learning standards, more institutions are thinking about how to run standardized
tests in the subject. The educational assessments organization ETS is one
institution interested in an in-depth, fair, and large-scale assessment for
engineering learning. Deb Brockway, Senior Research Associate at ETS, talks
about some of her work in this area, especially in engineering design. She
describes a current research project to assess students as they work together
designing in a virtual environment. Related to this episode: • ETS Assessments
Development: https://www.ets.org/k12/capabilities/assessment-development/ • Deb
Brockway's email at ETS: dbrockway@ets.org • Example pyrotechnics products for
airbags: http://www.specialdevices.com/automotive.htm • Blended Learning on
Edutopia: https://www.edutopia.org/blogs/tag/blended-learning • Summative vs.
formative assessments:
http://www.edudemic.com/summative-and-formative-assessments/ • "Collect Water in
a Solar Still": https://www.desertusa.com/desert-people/water-solar-still.html •
SXSW Edu Conference: https://www.sxswedu.com/ • Next Generation Science
Standards (NGSS): http://www.nextgenscience.org/ • NAEP Technology and
Engineering Literacy (TEL) Assessment:
https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/tel/ Our closing music is "Yes And" by
Steve Combs, used under a Creative Commons Attribution License:
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