{"id":491,"date":"2023-01-29T21:39:34","date_gmt":"2023-01-29T21:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/?p=491"},"modified":"2025-11-04T15:39:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T15:39:25","slug":"episode-16-we-need-an-instrument","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/episodes\/episode-16-we-need-an-instrument\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 16: (We need an) Instrument: Assessment \u2013 Why are we doing this to people?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Matt&#8217;s Notes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hey there! Happy Sunday&#8230; or whenever it is, wherever you are! We&#8217;re pleased as punch you&#8217;re taking an interest in Episode 16 where we are all about&#8230; Assessment and, to a lesser degree, Evaluation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Ed non-Tech (EnT) Podcast, episode 16: (We need an) Instrument\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f_jOY1Ls6Yg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">All the #ednontech we can fit into a single rectangular widget&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Episode16audio.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The sounds&#8230; not just the sights&#8230; of #ednontech<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We covered lots of terrain on this episode. Apologies for any academic or rhetorical slips&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I wanted to clarify that <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greg_Graffin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr. Greg Graffin<\/a>&#8230; singer for popular American punk band Bad Religion&#8230; completed his Ph.D in Zoology&#8230; as opposed to Anthropology which I believe I said in the recording&#8230;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr. Graffin has lectured at UCLA and Cornell University&#8230; while writing a number of books and articles in his area&#8230; and touring the world with Bad Religion.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>And&#8230; just because I found this really touching and funny&#8230;. here&#8217;s Dr. Graffin&#8217;s &#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ratemyprofessors.com\/professor?tid=800439\" target=\"_blank\">Rate My Professors<\/a>&#8221; page&#8230; with the most recent rating being for the fall 2019 semester&#8230; spoiler alert: he&#8217;s popular!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anyway! My rabbit holes are abundantly on display in both the recordings&#8230; see the end of the video for references.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I was very taken with the &#8220;unlearning&#8221; path we went down&#8230; and hopefully will be revisiting in coming episodes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Doug&#8217;s Notes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"564\" height=\"569\" src=\"http:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Picture1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-498\" style=\"width:760px;height:767px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Picture1-1.jpg 564w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Picture1-1-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Picture1-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Picture1-1-300x303.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">One of the best results of assessment in post secondary learning.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Assessment &#8211; Why are we doing this to people?<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rise of the measurement culture in education has had a profound impact on educational practice, from the highest levels of educational policy at national and supra-national level down to the practices of local schools and teachers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Biesta, G. (2009). Good education in an age of measurement: On the need to reconnect with the question of purpose in education. Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability (formerly: Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education), 21, 33-46.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"368\" height=\"372\" src=\"http:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Picture2-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-499\" style=\"width:604px;height:611px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Picture2-2.jpg 368w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Picture2-2-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Picture2-2-300x303.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">I believe this so much. I unlearn as much as I can everyday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In very truth, we have become an \u2018assessment society\u2019, as wedded to our belief in the power of numbers, grades, targets and league tables to deliver quality and accountability, equality and defensibility as we are to modernism itself. History will readily dub the 1990s when this journal was born\u2014as well as the early years of the new millennium\u2014\u2018the assessment era\u2019, when belief in the power of assessment to provide a rational, efficient and publicly acceptable mechanism of judgement and control reached its high point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Broadfoot, P., &amp; Black, P. (2004). Redefining assessment? The first ten years of assessment in education. Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy &amp; Practice, 11(1), 7-26.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"346\" height=\"470\" src=\"http:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Picture3-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-500\" style=\"width:554px;height:752px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Picture3-1.jpg 346w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Picture3-1-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Picture3-1-300x408.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 346px) 100vw, 346px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This needs to change.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The intensification of measurement leads to forms of authorization and endorsement of certain outcomes, people, actions, systems, and practices, thus marking out what is claimed to be truthful. It also involves increasing automation, which shapes human agency and decision-making \u2013 automated systems of computation are taken as objective, legitimate, fair, neutral and impartial, and impact on human judgement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Williamson, B., Bayne, S., &amp; Shay, S. (2020). The datafication of teaching in Higher Education: critical issues and perspectives. Teaching in Higher Education, 25(4), 351-365.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"700\" src=\"http:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Picture4-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-501\" style=\"width:681px;height:764px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Picture4-1.jpg 624w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Picture4-1-267x300.jpg 267w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Picture4-1-300x337.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">My attitudes much of the time, especially when I am in a meeting.<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Word of the podcast:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">Datafication<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Question of the podcast:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">Is more evaluation leading to better education, or does it just better record of what is being \u201ccovered\u201d in class?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"537\" src=\"http:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Picture5-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Picture5-2.jpg 624w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Picture5-2-300x258.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">As an educator, I feel this image.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"795\" src=\"http:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Picture6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Picture6.jpg 624w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Picture6-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Picture6-300x382.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><strong>Here is a useful test for everyone that does not get used much.<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Thanks so much for visiting today! We hope you will join us again soon!<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fugazi - Instrument\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RqSo1q2SBvs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">We need an instrument&#8230; To take a measurement&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9213\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-491-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Episode16audio.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Episode16audio.mp3\">http:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Episode16audio.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Episode16audio.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/?powerpress_pinw=491-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Episode16audio.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Episode16audio.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matt&#8217;s Notes Hey there! 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