Berkeley Assessment System Software (BASS)

BASS builds on the BEAR Center's previous research in the design of assessment tasks and measurement techniques to support evidence-based assessment in the classroom. More specifically, BASS is the product of a decade of work by the BEAR Center team on a variety of software applications, including its direct precursor, FADS.

BASS is being developed to support assessments that are created using the BEAR Assessment System. Accordingly, BASS is designed to be used in alignment with educational goals and instructional content. This allows teachers to understand the assessment results in terms of the learning progressions defined by each curriculum, and to diagnose students’ comprehension levels and learning needs according to their placement along these progress variables.

In order to make this system truly usable by busy instructors in real classrooms, we have placed teachers at the center of the design process. We are collaborating extensively with teachers to explore ways technology can make a difference in the classroom.

BASS is currently in active development, with availability limited to BEAR Center partners. Stay tuned for more updates and release notes or contact us using the form below.

Files:

Slides to 2021 Workshop "Introduction to BASS"

Overview of BASS presented at the 39th IAEA Conference

IT Team:

David Torres Irribarra
Rebecca Freund
Ana Maria Albornoz Reitze
Mike Kendall

About BASS

With the goal of helping teachers improve their instructional practices and enhancing student learning, BASS is a computerized system designed to allow classroom teachers to design, develop, and deliver formative assessments and to monitor and report student progress within an interpretive context. This online accessible system allows teachers to easily manage all kinds of assessment, including in-class activities, homework assignments, end-of-unit tests, and more. BASS is designed to give teachers flexibility in designing and assigning activities for students, simplify the scoring process, and provide them with useful reports to share with students and parents and to use in planning instruction.

A key feature of this project is the centrality of teacher expertise. We collaborate extensively with teachers to learn how technology can make a difference in the classroom.

Contact Us...

If you would like to get additional information about BASS, you can contact us by filling out this form.