1. Assessment & Evaluation & Reporting Improving Student Learning
Markville Secondary School

2. Mr. D
The Mystery Explained?

3. Communication Formative Feedback Report Cards
The most important element of assessment & evaluation is the communication of the student’s learning & achievement.
Report Cards
Parent Teacher Interviews
Student Led Conferences

4. YRDSB or Markville Website
Parent Tab
Curriculum and Classrooms
Reporting on Student Achievement

5. Achievement Chart Knowledge / Understanding - course content
Thinking - critical & creative thinking skills and processes
Communication - ability to relay understanding
Application - use of knowledge and the ability to apply
This province-wide framework guides teachers to make judgements about student work.
It is subject, grade, and level specific.
This chart is also used to help teachers plan.
Parent Perk!
Only one chart to learn
Level 3 means student is at Provincial standard.

6. Assessment & Evaluation
Strategic
Self-reflection & goal setting
Curriculum Expectations
Embedded in learning
Shared

7. Growing Success Fundamental Principles of Assessments & Evaluations:
are fair, transparent, and equitable
supports all students
are carefully planned
are clearly explained to students and parents at the beginning of the school year
are ongoing and varied, and provide multiple opportunities for students to demonstrate their learning
include feedback that is clear, meaningful, and timely
help students to become independent learners

8. Assessment “to sit beside and learn”
Primary purpose to improve student learning
FOR learning (diagnostic & formative)
OF learning (summative)
AS learning (self and peer)
Ongoing process
Allows for refinements
Important to note assessment informs both student and teacher.

9. Evaluation
Is the process of looking at all work and communicating the student’s achievement according to the achievement chart
Process of integrating and synthesizing summative assessments

10. 70% Based on the summative evaluations throughout the course
Considers the diagnostic, instructional, and formative assessments throughout the course
These vary in nature and in number
Purposeful, multiple, varied

11. 30% Can be an examination Can be a performance task
Can be a combination
Is balanced over the four categories of the Achievement Chart
Should reflect the content and skills developed over course
Falls towards the end of the course

12. Provincial Report Card
& Learning Skills

13. A Look Behind the Report Card

14. DRAFT COPY
A Sample Piece of a Course Mark Breakdown

15. Wearing my parent hat... Support a balanced lifestyle
Help with time management
Organization
Your presence
Reflect with judgement free advice
Listen without problem solving

16. Work Cited Page
Growing Success
Guidelines for Assessment and Evaluation: A Curriculum Expectations Document 2006, YRDSB. The Curriculum Series. Volume 2

17. Contact
Ann Cape
@msscommons