1. Standards and Procedures
Evaluation of Learning
Standards
and
Procedures
August 28, 2006

2. Planning evaluation in your school
Individually, read the questions & choose the 5 most pertinent to you.
Rank those 5 questions in reverse order (ie 5 being the most important and 1 being the least important)
As a school team, choose the 5 questions with the largest ranking sum
For the next 20 minutes, discuss within your school teams possible answers to the questions given the context of the reality within your school

3. Standards & Procedures
The establishment of evaluation standards and procedures must be based on a shared understanding of what is meant by a standard and a procedure.
A STANDARD:
Is a common reference
Results from a consensus of the school team
Is prescriptive
May be revised as needed
Is consistent with the Education Act and the Basic School Regulations
Conforms to the Quebec Education Program
Is based on the policy on the Evaluation of Learning and the Policy on Special Education
A PROCEDURE:
Explains how to apply a standard
May be revised as needed
Guides evaluation strategies
Indicates means of action

4. One step in the process…
This exercise has been one step in the process of developing standards and procedures for the evaluation of learning in your school.
6 focus areas
Planning of evaluation
Information gathering & interpretation
Judgment
Decision / Action
Communication
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Questions
&
possible
courses of
action
Determination and
recording
of standards and procedures
Analysis of
examples