1. “You can enhance or destroy students’ desire to succeed in school more quickly and permanently through your use of assessment than with any other tools you have at your disposal.” Dr. Rick Stiggins

2. CP 2.3 The teacher plans assessments to measure student progress toward mastery of the GPS. AL 1.3 The teacher uses a variety of summative assessment strategies to evaluate student status relative to mastery of the GPS.

3. Standards-Based Education
Assessment should…
Compares students against the standards rather than students against students.
Makes possible the idea that all students can receive an equal opportunity to learn.

4. Keys to Quality Classroom Assessment
Accurate Assessment
1. Clear Purpose
Why assess?
What’s the purpose?
Who will use the results?
2. Clear Targets
Assess what?
What are the learning targets?
Are they clear?
Are they good?
3. Good Design
Assess how?
What method?
Sampled how?
Avoid bias--how?
Effectively Used
4. Sound Communication
Communicate how?
How do we manage information?
How do we report?
Feedback
Differentiation
5. Student Involvement
Students are users, too.
Students need to understand learning targets, too.
Students can participate in the assessment process, too.
Students can track progress and communicate, too.
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5. A Balanced Assessment System
Assessment of is
Summative
Norm-referenced, standardized, teacher created
A snapshot
Essential Question
What have the students learned?
Assessment for is
Formative
Teacher-created
A moving picture
Essential Questions
How can we help students learn more?

6. Characteristics of Assessment
Summative Assessment
…of Learning
End of Learning
Chapter, unit, EOCT
Periodic
Limited Formats
Students try to avoid failure by memorization of facts and material
Formative Assessment
…for learning
Inform students, teachers, and parents
During learning, continuous
Many possible methods
Set goals, use results to improve and to differentiate

7. Finish the Statement
Summative assessment is like a _________________ because
_________________.
Formative assessment is like a _________________ because _________________.

8. Clear Targets
Help us…
Recognize if the formative assessment adequately covers and samples what we taught.
Correctly identify what students know/don’t know, and their level of achievement (summative).
Plan the next steps in instruction.
Give meaningful, descriptive feedback to students.
Have students self-assess or set goals likely to help them learn more.

9. Educators need to deliberately choose an assessment method that best fits the standards being assessed.
Methods of Assessment
Selected Response
Extended Written
Performance
Personal Communications
Assessment handout with DOK levels

10. Four Types of Assessment
Summative
Formative
Diagnostic
Common