OAME 2011-12 Leadership Conference

Creating Communities of Assessment Inquiry and Practice:

A Vision for Leadership in Mathematics

Breakout Session #3

Saturday October 29th, 2011

MaryLou Kestell Caroline Rosenbloom

Learning Goals

• explore balanced assessment

• design a balanced assessment unit plan

Post-It Note Pile Up • Individually, record one idea

per post-it note– How would you assess student understanding

of Patterning & Algebra / Functions for each of the categories of achievement?

Knowledge Understanding

Thinking

Communication

Application

Post-It Note Pile Up

• As a table group, pile ideas based on emerging themes per category using the chart paper 4-quadrant placemat to gather your data.

• Whole Group ShareThinking

Knowledge & Understanding

Application

Communication

Eliciting Information About Student Learning

• Teachers use a variety of assessment strategies to elicit information about student learning. These strategies should be triangulated to include observation, student-teacher conversations, and student products.

Growing Success, p. 34

Evidence of Student Achievement for Evaluation

• Evidence of student achievement for evaluation is collected over time from three different sources – observations, conversations, and student products. Using multiple sources of evidence increases the reliability and validity of the evaluation of student learning.

Growing Success, p. 39

Post-It Note Pile Up Resort

• As a table group, use BLM 3.2 to resort post-it notes based on triangulation of data – Observations– Conversations– Products

• Whole Group Share– Record new strategies on your Venn Diagram

A Variety of Assessment Strategies

• Some sample resources for review:– Understanding by Design: A Continuum of

Assessments– Alaska Department of Education & Early

Development: A Collection of Assessment Strategies– Rethinking Classroom Assessment with Purpose in

Mind: Assessment Tool Kit– Evidence of Learning: Tools & Strategies (TDSB)– 10 ways to assess learning without tests…– Conducting In-Class Student Interviews

Considering New Strategies

• Record new strategies you wish to implement or support others in implementing to balance assessment.

• As a table group, review the sample assessment strategy resources

Data Collection Forms

• Some sample balanced assessment data collection forms for review:– Thomson Nelson: Assessment of Learning

Summary (Individual and Class)– Classroom Assessment for Student Learning:

Gradebook samples– Suurtamm: Balancing Assessment

Supporting Implementation

• Examine the data collection form resources.

• Determine which aspects would support you as you support others in implementing new assessment strategies.

Balanced Assessment Plan

• Some sample resources for review:– Understanding by Design 2nd Edition:

Template with Design Questions, Key Design Elements with Prompts & Clarifying Content Priorities

– TDSB Unit Plan Template

Mathematics Learning Wall

Balanced Assessment Plan

• Examine the resources provided.

• Use your Venn diagram and the various resources available to create a balanced assessment unit plan.

Supporting Others

• In your groups, discuss how you might support others in shifting their summative assessment practices.

Reflect and

record on your

Learning Log.

Open Space Technology