Reading Street & Assessment Courtney Kavanaugh Department of Teaching & Learning 2014
What should a good assessment do? What should a good assessment do in your opinions? Personal Story: My husband is in law school and some of the professors offer midterms that are not graded when my husband first started he thought that nobody would take them… not surprising to me, everyone showed up… why?
Formative vs. Summative Assessment Formative Assessments: Monitor student learning Provide feedback that is used by instructors Used to improve teaching and student learning What types of formative assessments do you in class? Indicator #51
Formative vs. Summative Assessment Summative Assessments: Evaluate student learning Used to guide efforts and activities in subsequent teaching Goal: point out that both, when used effectively, are to inform instruction! Whether it be on the part of the teacher or the student. I use to think the FCAT was just to show what they student was able to do… then it occurred to me that we base SLC on this. Indicator #51
Indicator #51 How do we achieve this?
Indicator #50 How do we achieve this?
My Example What does this tell me??
My Example Whole Group Small Group Focus What does this tell me??
Question #s missed most frequently Tested Skill Standards Where can I go for resources?
Let’s take a look at your examples…
Where can I find resources? Found under ‘Other Resources’ then Teaching Guides
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Found under First Stop from the home screen Resources Cont. Found under First Stop from the home screen
Online Testing Feature Individual Results Standards analyzed for you