Assessments

5 Steps to Effective Learning

Agenda

• Consensus Mats/Talking Chips anecdotal notes• Quote by Carole Tomlinson• Discussion• Development Time- When/Where/How • Reflection

Talking Chips/Consensus Mat takeaways

"Assessment is today's means of modifying tomorrow's instruction."

Carole Tomlinson

What are Assessments?

Assessment is the systematic collection, review, and use of information about educational programs undertaken for the purpose of improving student learning and development. (Assessment Essentials: planning, implementing, and improving assessment in higher education by Palomba and Banta 1999)

What do assessments measure?

When should I assess?

Develop quality assessments to gauge student learning continuously in order to plan for student achievement and growth.

Assessments1. Provide diagnostic feedback2. Help educators set standards3. Evaluates progress4. Relates to student progress5. Motivates performance

Questions to ConsiderWhat is the student’s knowledge base?What has the student learned?What performance demonstrates knowledge, understanding, and mastery?How is the student doing?What changes or modifications are needed to help the student?

Can the student demonstrate and use the new skills in other areas?

Student MotivationHow am I doing? What else can I learn?

Teacher Motivation What am I doing that is working for the students?What can I do to help them more?

Standard: 7.NS.1 Extend prior knowledge of operations with positive rational numbers to add and subtract all rational numbers and represent the sum or difference on a number line.7.NS.2 Extend prior knowledge of operations with positive rational numbers to multiply and divide all rational numbers.

Objective: The student will be able to perform the basic operations with integers and perfect square roots.

7th Grade Math Standard

Assessment Questions

Simplify.Perform the indicated operation(s).How would you organize your work to demonstrate mastery?Create a sample test question.Give a real-life example of where integer operations is useful.

Questions to ConsiderIs the assessment aligned to the objective and standards?What is it that I want the students to know?How do I know the students demonstrate understanding?What are my next steps?

Answers:Yes. The question refer back to objectives and align to the standards.I want the students to know how to add, subtract, multiply and divide with rational numbers.The students will demonstrate understanding by the way they answers the questions.The next steps are determined by how well the students are able to answer the type of questions.

Assessment Strategies

Assessment Strategies 1

Bloom’s Taxonomy

• Development Time

• The team will choose a strategy.• Each member will choose a standard.• Each member will write an objective that aligns

to the standards.• Each member will create assessment questions

that align to the objective and standard.

• The team will bring this back to cluster next week.

Rubric/Reflection

As you tie Carole Tomlinson’s quote to the Instructional Rubric, in what areas and how will your delivery of quality assessments change the depth our students learning?

Quality assessments affect what other rubric(s) and how?