The Future of Assessments in Engineering Design

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: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Subscribe and find more podcast information at: http://www.k12engineering.net. Support Pios Labs with regular donations on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pioslabs, or send one-time contributions by buying us coffee: https://ko-fi.com/pioslabs. Thanks to our donors and listeners for making the show possible. The K12 Engineering Education Podcast is a production of Pios Labs: http://www.pioslabs.com.