In your free time, what do you enjoy doing?

In groups of 4, discuss the case assigned to you. Combine your group with another to present your cases to each other for feedback.

Learning Styles Inventory Personality Test Love Languages Spiritual Gifts Culture Gender “Fearfully and Wonderfully Made” Psalm 139: 14

One size does not fit all – Yet, we ask students to jump through the same hoops Definitions vary – Differentiation – Assessment Focus should be on learning, not teaching Differentiated assessment is neglected

Differentiation: The philosophy and process of developing and providing various strategies, options, and opportunities for students to learn and express learning. Differentiation considers differing student needs, backgrounds, prior learning, strengths, weaknesses, higher order thinking, creativity, and expectations. – definition Russell L. Claxton

Presentation Process Product Direction Instruction Whole class or group Physical action Note-taking styles Stations Cooperative groups Compacting: moving on Contracts Choice opportunities Traditional assessments Website PowerPoint Creative expression

TELL me what’s wrong. SHOW me where it hurts. DO the motions that aggravate the ailment.

“Can’t I just you a link to my blog?”

Which type of testing is most important? PretestingFormativeSummative

Differentiated assessment is an ongoing process through which teachers gather data before, during, and after instruction from multiple sources to identify learners’ needs and strengths. Students are differentiated in their knowledge and skills. They differ in the ways and speeds at which they process new learning and connect it to prior knowledge and understanding. They also differ in the ways they most effectively demonstrate their progress.

It is not just Modification Changes in content, standards, or instructional level (Common in special ed) It is not just Accommodation Changes in time, amount of work, or process that do not lower standards (read aloud tests, extra time, reduced number of items)

The Traditional Instructional Cycle Lecture Modeling on the board Practice with “paper” problems Paper-and-pencil assessment Letter-grade feedback Not wrong. Just incomplete.

K nowledge C omprehension A pplication A nalysis S ynthesis E valuation Bloom’s Stair-KCAASE Assessment should focus on the appropriate level with the right amount of emphasis.

WordsNumbersVisualMusicBodily Know 20 points Assignment Description 20 points Assignment Description 5 points Assignment Description 5 points Assignment Description 5 points Assignment Description Understand & Apply 30 points Assignment Description 30 points Assignment Description 10 points Assignment Description 10 points Assignment Description 10 points Assignment Description Analyze & Synthesis 40 points Assignment Description 40 points Assignment Description 20 points Assignment Description 20 points Assignment Description 20 points Assignment Description Evaluate 50 points Assignment Description 50 points Assignment Description 30 points Assignment Description 30 points Assignment Description 30 points Assignment Description

How might a teacher explain to a parent or another student why some students are completing different assessments?

WHAT? WHO?HOW? Assessment #1 Description Individual Left Brain Logical-Mathematical Auditory Assessment #2 Description Pair Right Brain Verbal-Linguistic Visual Assessment #3 Description IndividualAuditory Assessment #4 Description IndividualBodily-Kinesthetic Assessment #5 Description Group Visual-Spatial Interpersonal

In your group of 8, create your own case (from experience) and discuss.

Assessment should be done like voting in the United States — Early and Often

Post It Notes Mailing Labels Index Cards

What do we want to assess? Familiarity Understanding Improvement Mastery Personal interaction Compliance

The case against Zeros – What do they assess?

essay speech song poem poster skit craft project commercial video newscast step-by-step instructions PowerPoint teach lesson multiple-choice* fill in the blank* creation of test or problems application to real life situations

create a game write a newspaper or magazine article portfolios collage web page blog model story board invention notebook photos map letter experiment cartoon

Smith’s Favorites What are some of yours?

Dr. Samuel J. Smith Professor School of Education (434) Acknowledgement: Dr. Russ Claxton Content for this presentation contributed by Dr. Claxton.