Media Project 4 Assessment and Learning Prepared by Yetunde Bodude Fall 2015

HOW CAN ASSESSMENT SUPPORT LEARNING

Assessment Activities undertaken by teachers and their students in assessing themselves, which provides information used as a feedback to modify teaching and learning activities

Types of Assessments Summative Formative Pre-Assessment Feedback

Pre-Assessment Determines what the student knows and does not about a topic or concept Determines student’s learning style or preferences Used to tell how well a student can perform a certain set of skills related to the subject/topic/concept Done at the beginning of a unit of study Used to inform of instruction Serves as initial phase for assessment for learning

Formative Used during teaching and learning process Determines student’s knowledge and skills as unit of study progresses Determines learning gaps as unit of study progresses Used to inform instruction and guide learning Serves as the subsequent phase for assessment for learning

Summative Done at the end of a unit of study Helps to determine level of understanding achieved by student on taught concept Includes a mark or grade against an expected standard Used to tell how well a student can perform a certain set of skills related to the subject/topic/concept Done at the beginning of a unit of study Used to inform of instruction

Feedback Be based on evidence of student understanding Be integrated into regular classroom practice Yield actionable insights that students can and will use Provide students with opportunities to improve performance Give enough information to enable students perform required corrections on classroom tasks Focus on what, how and why of a problem Provide suggestions on how improvement on quality of work can be achieved

Assessment that Supports Learning Comprehensive Assessment Process of eliciting evidence of student’s understanding and adapting instruction to increase rate of learning Integrated into regular classroom practice

Key Steps of Comprehensive Assessment Set challenging, meaningful learning goals Provide students with multifaceted criteria defining success Use evidence of students’ understanding to provide actionable feedback throughout learning process Motivate students to improve performance

Assessment Approaches That Supports Learning Class discussion: reveals students’ level of understanding, reasoning processes, questions, and misconceptions which help inform instruction during discussion and future lessons Differentiated learning: involves tailoring formats, activities, and assessments that can be used to learn and show mastery of a concept to students' abilities, needs, and interests.

Assessment Approaches That Supports Learning..(contd.) Response to Intervention: incorporates differentiated instruction and provides 3-level of increasing intense support based on students’ performances on benchmark assessment. Data-driven instruction: collecting, interpreting, and dissemination of data to improve instructional decision-making in coordinated effort. Data is used to inform decision-making, set goals, prioritize and make intervention plans.

Assessment Approaches That Supports Learning..(contd.) Self-assessment: engages the student in applying given criteria to analyze and improve own work. Improves student performance and helps them to self correct. Peer assessment: engages students in analyzing one another’s work against set criteria. Helps improve the performance of the student assessing and the student being assessed.

Conclusion Assessment is done to create self-regulated learners who can leave school able to learn through out life. Assessment can be used to achieve this and support learning by applying the steps for a comprehensive assessment program as detailed above. This will not only improve learning but also increase students’ motivation, self-confidence, self-efficacy and overall success of teaching and learning

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