Assessment has more to do with helping students grow than with cataloging their mistakes. --- Carol Ann Tomlinson

Assessment has more to do with helping students grow than with cataloging their mistakes. --- Carol Ann Tomlinson

Two Views of Assessment --

• Assessment is for:
• Gatekeeping
• Judging
• Right Answers
• Control
• Comparison to others
• Use with single activities

• Assessment is for:
• Nurturing
• Guiding
• Self-Reflection
• Information
• Comparison to task
• Use over multiple activities

• What Can Be Assessed?

• Generate a list of ideas of what is typically assessed in a classroom. Are there other things that could or should be assessed?

Use Pre-, Formative and Summative Assessments

• Pre and Formative Assessment (Assessment FOR Learning)
• Assessment occurring before and during the process of a unit or a course. During the formation of a concept or item. Answers question: How are students doing? What are they learning? What misconceptions do they have?
• Quiz, teacher observations, mid-unit test, one-minute essay
• Gives feedback to either the teacher or student (or both) on what revisions to make to teaching or to student work.

• Summative Assessment
• (Assessment OF Learning)
• The assessment done at the end of a unit, course, grade level. Provides a final summation of learning.
• End of chapter, final exam, final draft of writing portfolio, senior exhibition.
• The adding-up or summary stage. Summarizes the learning for both the teacher and the student.

• WHAT CAN BE ASSESSED?

• Skills

• Concepts

• READINESS

• INTEREST

• LEARNING
• PROFILE

• Content
• Knowledge

• Interest Surveys
• Interest Centers
• Self-Selection

• Areas of Strength
• and Weakness
• Work Preferences
• Self Awareness

• When Do You Assess?

• Most teachers assess students at the
• end of an instructional unit or sequence.
• When assessment and instruction are
• interwoven, both the students and the
• teacher benefit. The next slide suggests
• a diagnostic continuum for
• ongoing assessment.

• On-going Assessment: A Diagnostic Continuum

• Preassessment
• (Finding Out)

• Formative Assessment
• (Keeping Track & Checking -up)

• Summative Assessment
• (Making sure)

• Feedback and Goal Setting

• Pre-test
• Graphing for Greatness
• Inventory
• KWL
• Checklist
• Observation
• Self-evaluation
• Questioning

• Conference Exit Card
• Peer evaluation Portfolio Check
• 3-minute pause Quiz
• Observation Journal Entry
• Talkaround Self-evaluation
• Questioning

• Unit Test
• Performance Task
• Product/Exhibit
• Demonstration
• Portfolio Review

• How Do You Assess?

• Take a moment to list some ways you typically assess students in your classroom.

Preassessment Is...

• Any method, strategy or process used to determine a
• student’s current level of readiness or interest in order to
• plan for appropriate instruction.
• provides data to determine options for students
• helps determine differences before planning
• helps teacher design activities that are respectful and challenging
• allows teachers to meet students where they are
• identifies starting point for instruction
• identifies learning gaps
• makes efficient use of instructional time

Common Types of Readiness or Pre- Assessments

• K-W-L Check
• Pre-test
• Skills Check
• Misconception check
• Writing samples or journal with prompt
• Mind mapping (graphic organizer)
• Checklist through observation, cruising
• Student products and work samples
• Interviews or oral defense
• Draw what you know
• Anticipation/reaction guide
• Informal Q and A

• Let's Take Look at Some Examples

• Teacher prepared pretests KWL charts and other graphic organizers Writing prompts/samples Questioning Guess Box Picture Interpretation Prediction Teacher observation/checklists Student demonstrations and discussions Initiating activities Informational surveys/Questionnaires/Inventories Student interviews Student products and work samples Self-evaluations Portfolio analysis Game activities Show of hands to determine understanding
• Drawing related to topic or content Standardized test information Anticipation journals

Your Turn!

• Using your KUD list, begin to design a quick pre-assessment for your unit!

• Try one!

Formative Assessment Is...

• A process of accumulating information about a student’s
• progress to help make instructional decisions that will
• improve his/her understandings and achievement levels.
• Depicts student’s life as a learner
• used to make instructional adjustments
• alerts the teacher about student misconceptions
• “early warning signal”
• allows students to build on previous experiences
• provides regular feedback
• provides evidence of progress
• aligns with instructional/curricular outcomes

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