21st Century Teaching Standards and Student Assessment Anna Lankford RES 5560 Appalachian State University Spring, 2009

North Carolina State Board of Education Mission “Every public school student will graduate from high school globally competitive for work and postsecondary education and prepared for life in the 21st century.” Insert Seal

Did You Know…

North Carolina Professional Teaching Standards 1- Teachers Demonstrate Leadership 2- Teachers Establish a Respectful Environment for a Diverse Population of Students 3- Teachers Know the Content They Teach 4- Teachers Facilitate Learning for Their 5- Teachers Reflect on Their Practice

North Carolina Teacher Evaluation System Purpose- to promote and support effective leadership, quality teaching, and student learning. Based on the Framework for 21st Century Learning and North Carolina Standards Designed to encourage professional growth and be flexible and fair to the person being evaluated. Serve as the foundation for professional goals and identification of professional development needs.

Performance Rating Scale Developing – Demonstrated adequate growth but did not demonstrate competence on standard(s) of performance Proficient – Demonstrated basic competence on standard(s) for performance Accomplished – Exceeded basic competence on standard(s) of performance most of the time Distinguished – Consistently and significantly exceeded basic competence on standard(s) of performance Not Demonstrated – Did not demonstrate competence on, or adequate growth toward, achieving standard(s) of performance

Teacher Responsibilities: Know and understand the North Carolina Professional Teaching Standards Understand the North Carolina Teacher Evaluation Process Prepare for and fully participate in each component of the evaluation process Gather data, artifacts, evidence to support performance in relation to standards and progress in attaining goals. Develop and implement strategies to improve personal performance/attain goals in areas identified individually or collaboratively identified.

What Does This Have to Do With Student Assessment? Standard IV- Teachers facilitate Learning for Their Students Standard V- Teachers Reflect on Their Practice Video Clip- Vision of K-12 Student Today

Formative Assessment Provides information on what an individual student needs -To practice -To have re-taught -To learn next Teachers responding to identified learning needs and strengths by modifying their teaching approaches. Assessment FOR Learning

Summative Assessment Generally taken by students at the end of a unit or semester to demonstrate the "sum" of what they have or have not learned. Summative assessment methods are the most traditional way of evaluating student work.

The Garden Analogy If we think of our children as plants … Summative assessment of the plants is the process of simply measuring them. It might be interesting to compare and analyze measurements but, in themselves, these do not affect the growth of the plants. Formative assessment, on the other hand, is the equivalent of feeding and watering the plants appropriate to their needs - directly affecting their growth.

Summative ‘…assessment (that) has increasingly been used to sum up learning…’(Black and Wiliam, 1999) ‘… looks at past achievements … adds procedures or tests to existing work ... involves only marking and feedback grades to student … is separated from teaching … is carried out at intervals when achievement has to be summarized and reported.’ (Harlen, 1998) Formative ‘… often means no more than that the assessment is carried out frequently and is planned at the same time as teaching.’ (Black and Wiliam, 1999) ‘… provides feedback which leads to students recognizing the (learning) gap and closing it … it is forward looking …’ (Harlen, 1998) ‘ … includes both feedback and self-monitoring.’ (Sadler, 1989) ‘… is used essentially to feed back into the teaching and learning process.’ (Tunstall and Gipps, 1996)

Assessment FOR Learning Questioning Descriptive Feedback and Corrective Instruction Peer- and Self-Assessment Traffic Light Technique Video Clip Formative Use of Summative Tests Second Chances to Demonstrate Success

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