How should programs administer the Kansas Computer Literacy Assessment (KCLA)?
The KCLA was included within the assessment menu in order for programs that actually taught basic computer skills to have a way of documenting placement, progress, and post-testing. It is not meant for programs that simply use computer-assisted instruction. If you use it with your basic computer skills students, you may either use the KCLA as a self-assessment (ask the student the questions and mark down the “yes” or “no” responses) or it may be used as an observational performance assessment. The test is much more accurate if you use it as an observational performance assessment because the test administrator can never really be sure if the student properly understands the terminology used. If the student understands the word “download” as simply “turning on the computer” then he/she might give a “yes” answer when indeed he/she does not know how to download a file. If the test administrator treats the test as an observational performance assessment, the student will be able to demonst
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