Self–Assessment: Rubrics, Goal Setting and Reflection

Why self-assessment? "Self-assessment empowers students to guide their own learning and internalize the criteria for judging success.” - McMillan and Hearn

When learning is visible to children, the power becomes theirs. Visible Learning When learning is visible to children, the power becomes theirs.

Essential Questions Essential Question 1: How do I help my students set and accomplish goals based on data? Essential Question 2: How do I effectively use rubrics in the self-assessment process? Essential Question 3: How do I help students reflect on their growth?

Student Self-Assessment Cycle Where am I now? Analyzing data Where am I trying to go? Knowing progress toward learning targets How will I know if I’ve arrived? Awareness of thinking and reflection What do I need to get there? Implementing strategies to improve performance Student Self-Assessment Cycle

Student Self-Assessment Cycle Where am I now? Analyzing data Where am I trying to go? Knowing progress toward learning targets How will I know if I’ve arrived? Awareness of thinking and reflection What do I need to get there? Implementing strategies to improve performance Student Self-Assessment Cycle

What sources of student data do you have?

Essential Question 1: How do I help my students set and accomplish goals based on data?

Student Self-Assessment Cycle Where am I now? Analyzing data Where am I trying to go? Knowing progress toward learning targets How will I know if I’ve arrived? Awareness of thinking and reflection What do I need to get there? Implementing strategies to improve performance Student Self-Assessment Cycle

Student Goal Setting “Setting goals squarely on student performance is a powerful way to enhance student achievement.” Stronge and Grant

Basics of Effective Goal Setting Express goals positively. Be accurate. Set priorities. Keep goals small. Set goals students have control over. Set specific, measurable goals.

“The process of goal setting allows students to CHOOSE where they want to go in school and what they want to achieve.” Sasson

Identify a content standard students may struggle with and write a goal for a student to improve in that area.

Vague Goals Specific Goals A teacher can guide a first-grade student in setting a goal to improve reading fluency. Vague: I will read faster. SMART: I will increase my reading fluency by the next marking period. SMARTer: I will increase my words per minute from 45 to 70 on level I by May. I will do this by practicing my speed, phrasing, and sight words for 10 extra minutes each night.

Evaluate the student goal you just wrote and discuss with a partner how to make it SMARTer

A goal is an outcome, something that will make a difference as a result of achieving it.

Tracking and Displaying Goals Motivates Students

Essential Question 2: How do I effectively use rubrics in the self-assessment process.

Student Self-Assessment Cycle Where am I now? Analyzing data Where am I trying to go? Knowing progress toward learning targets How will I know if I’ve arrived? Awareness of thinking and reflection What do I need to get there? Implementing strategies to improve performance Student Self-Assessment Cycle

How does your cookie crumble?

Student-Friendly Rubrics Appropriate. Definable. Observable. Distinct from one another. Complete. Able to support descriptions along the continuum of quality.

Interactive Rubrics & Rubric-Generating Tools QR Codes Use QR codes to embed content for each of the scoring criteria. forallrubrics.com Doctopus − add onto Sheets Google Drive Canvas

ENGAGE! “Students who are involved in creating rubrics are more engaged, and more likely to use the language of the rubric to self-evaluate and give peer feedback.” Brookhart

Rubrics become powerful when they: Allow students to take ownership on how they are evaluated. Use student language. Teach academic vocabulary. Foster student engagement and ownership. Provide vital feedback for students. Offer authentic assessments that guide teaching and learning.

Case Studies

How do I help students reflect on their growth? Essential Question 3: How do I help students reflect on their growth?

Student Self-Assessment Cycle Where am I now? Analyzing data Where am I trying to go? Knowing progress toward learning targets How will I know if I’ve arrived? Awareness of thinking and reflection What do I need to get there? Implementing strategies to improve performance Student Self-Assessment Cycle

Reflection occurs when students… Think Analyze Plan

Types of Reflection Oral Written Teacher/student Student/student Class discussion Written Journals Essays Assessment Questions

Reflection helps students think more deeply. What did you do, observe or read? How did you feel? What did it remind you of? What did the experience make you think? How did your thinking change? What will you do differently in the future?

Students reflect through various lenses. Objective Reflective Interpretive Decisional

Triangle, Square, Circle Reflection

Getting across the finish line is something all students can do!

Skills Study Work Life “Accurate self-assessment is...crucial for education to be a lifelong enterprise that continues far after the student has left the classroom.” - Dunning, Heath and Suls

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