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Using Student Assessment to Improve Instruction Dr. Tim Fry

Objective: ► The teacher candidate should become more familiar with the assessment process noting the importance of assessment and how assessment can result in better instruction.

Specifically become more familiar with: Specifically become more familiar with:  some underlying principles of assessment  things we assess  three categories or stages of assessment  various forms of assessments including alternatives to pencil and paper tests  reasons we assess--including using the data we collect to improve our instruction

Assessments ► What? ► How? ► Why?

How does the teacher know if students are learning? Through Assessments!

Some Underlying Principles of Assessment Include: ► Aligned to criteria-objectives and scoring rubrics ► More Process than Product ► Evidence and Data should come from a variety of sources ► Reflection and self assessment are important

What do we assess? ► Content and Process Skills ► What a student says, does, and writes ► Affective and Psychomotor domains

3 Stages or Categories of Assessments ► Diagnostic ► Formative ► Summative

Forms of Assessment (how) include: Tests Discussion Questions Application Exercises Quizzes Performance Assessments Journal Writing Projects Group work Portfolios Oral Exams

“I hate taking a test without an eraser.”

Some Reasons We Assess (Why) ► Assign grades ► Offer feedback to students and parents ► Provide new learning experiences ► Identify students’ strengths and weaknesses ► Get feedback that will guide future instruction

► How do you prefer to be assessed? ► What is your least preferred way to be assessed? ► Any type of assessment more common in your subject area? Possible reasons?

► Is assessment important? ► How often should we assess? ► Should we assess in more than one way? ► Will you use assessment to improve your teaching?

“Teaching without learning is just talking” Angelo & Cross (1993) Classroom Assessment Techniques