Classroom Assessment Interview with Dr.

Eddy White (University of Arizona)

(June 14, 2016)

I was recently interviewed online for a Master's program at a university in Colombia

regarding Classroom Assessment. Below you will find the interview link to YouTube
(approx. 30 minutes), information about the participants and the guiding questions.
Note that the article being referenced - Are you Assessment Literate? (White, 2009)
is available for download here on Academia.edu.

https://www.academia.edu/15905643/Are_you_Assessment_Literate_Some_Funda
mental_Questions_Regarding_Effective_Classroom_Based_Assessment

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Interview link: http://youtu.be/FLYnZJLRjjg

Assessment Specialist: Dr. White is the Assessment Coordinator at the University

of Arizona's Center for English as a Second Language (CESL), and also Associate
Professor in the College of Humanities. He specializes in classroom-based
assessment, English proficiency testing, and the promotion of assessment literacy
development in the English language teaching profession.

Interviewer: Carolina Roderiguez Buitrago, Department of Language and Culture,

Universidad De La Sabana, Colombia

Interview Date: April 20th, 2016

Guiding Questions:

1. In your opinion, what are the most pressing challenges of 21st century teachers in
terms of assessment?

2. How could we increase our assessment literacy every day?

3. In your opinion, how does assessment shape instruction and vice versa?

4. How can we conduct authentic assessments in the age of educational technology?

5. In your opinion, what are the 3 golden rules of assessment?