21st Century Assessment

SD ESA2November 7, 2009

“An effective teacher enhances student learning more than any other aspect of

schooling that can be controlled.”

Marzano

Essential Questions

• What does 21st century assessment look like?

• How does 21st century assessment encourage learning?

• How do effective teachers use assessment?

Discuss at Your Table

HOW HAVE YOU BEEN ASSESSED?What was effective? What wasn’t effective?

(So Best and Worst...)

21st Century Assessment

BehaviorAttendance

SkillsWork Completion

Subject KnowledgeEffort

Comprehensive Assessment

Frequent formative assessments, with sound feedback, significantly improve

learning.

Use frequent assessments that encourage learning and …

• Show that low scores do not imply failure

• Show that effort results in high scores

How to begin

1. Unpack standards2. Identify essential content3. Organize content into categories (topics)

– Limit 15-20 topics per subject/grade level

4. Organize categories or topics into targets5. Develop assessments

UNPACKED CONTENT STANDARDS

TARGETSASSESSMENTS

TOPICS

Student Self-assess

• Reflections• Rubrics• Portfolios

From Latin rubrica =

A Common LanguageQuality Levels

Advanced

(4)Yes and more!

Proficient

(3)Yes!

NearingProficient

(2)Yes but…

Needs Improvement

(1)No!

Criterion 1 Quality Descriptors

Criterion 2

Criterion 3

Criterion 4

Design a Rubric

Thanksgiving Rubric

4 3 2 1

Create a rubric with two criteria for a successful Thanksgiving Dinner• Quality Levels• Criteria• Descriptors

How Do You Evaluate a Skill?

Handouts 5-12

Use Effort/Success Comparisons

• Effort logs

• Effort/Achievement Rubrics

• Effort/Achievement Comparison Graphs

• Effort Honor Rolls

Effort

Handouts 5-13