1. Steps to Effective Assessment DuKane Institute February 26, 2010 Linda Diekman LRC Director, Glenview SD#34 ldiekman@glenview34.org

2. Workshop Goals During today's workshop, you will Think about how you add value. Learn steps to begin integrating assessment into your lessons. Look at examples of assessment tools. Consider how to include assessment in one of your lessons.

3. “The strong voice of the profession has to tell the story of how an effective school library makes a difference to learning outcomes of students. This is not just other libraries, but YOUR school library as well. How does your school library make a difference to student learning?” Source: Todd, Ross J. "School Libraries & Evidence: Seize the Day, Begin the Future." Library Media Connection 22.1 (Aug. 2003): 12-18.

4. How Do You Add Value? Value = Access + IMPACT

5. How Do You Add Value? Access –To materials –To space –To technology

6. How Do You Add Value? Impact –Teaching time –Teaching time on curriculum based projects –Incorporate assessment to show effectiveness and inform instruction –Increase collaboration to include more teams/ teachers

7. Steps to Effective Assessment

8. Summative or Formative? “Even though assessments will continue to be labeled formative or summative, how the results are used is what determines whether the assessment is formative or summative.” Source: Chappuis, Stephen, and Jan Chappuis. "The Best Value in Formative Assessment." Educational Leadership 65.4 (Dec.-Jan. 2008): 14-18, p.15

9. Steps to Effective Assessment Step 1: Determine school goals and priorities Step 2: Determine the library's contribution to the goals. Step 3: Identify specific learning targets. (what am I hoping students learn) Step 4: Establish criteria to measure student achievement of the learning targets. (what do I want to measure) Step 5: Devise assessment tools. (how do I measure) Step 6: Collect and analyze the data. Step 7: Communicate the results to different stakeholder groups. (share) Source: Harada, Violet H., and Joan M. Yoshina. Assessing Learning: Librarians and Teachers as Partners. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited, 2005.

10. Steps to Effective Assessment District 34 Mission Recognizing the needs of each child and believing all children can learn, the mission of Glenview School District 34 is to empower children to be responsible learners and decision makers in a changing society. Step 1: Determine school goals and priorities

11. Steps to Effective Assessment SIP Goals -To increase the percentage of students meeting their growth targets on NWEA in the area of reading to 70%, and to have 80% of the students at each grade level perform at or above the 50 th percentile on AIMSWEB Reading CBM. -To maintain the percentage of students meeting growth targets on NWEA in the area of language usage to 70%.

12. Steps to Effective Assessment Step 2: Determine the library’s contribution to the goals. Impact student reading performance in support of SIP goals How: Implementation of Top 20 List and Great Gator Reading Programs Measure: Student participation and completion data Objective: 50% of students participating in one or both programs with 10% of students reading 35 books or completing the Top 20 list.

13. Example: Illinois State Learning Standards – 5A2b - Organize and integrate information from a variety of source – 5B2a - Determine the accuracy, currency, and reliability of materials from a variety of sources – 5B2b - Cite sources used Correlate with AASL/I-Sail Standards Steps to Effective Assessment Step 3: Identify specific learning targets. (what will students learn)

14. Example: –Students will be able to identify key information in text in order to take notes for this project. –Students will be able to restate key information in own words in phrase format in order to take notes for this project. –Students will be able to use note-taking sheets recording one fact per section. –Students will be able to cross-reference bibliography information in order to correctly cite sources for this project. Steps to Effective Assessment Step 3: Identify specific learning targets. (what will students learn)

15. Steps to Effective Assessment Step 4: Establish criteria to measure student achievement of the learning targets. (what do I want to measure) Example: – One Per Section (use of note cards) – “Short & Sweet” (notes as “phrases”) – Meaningful to Me (notes in own words) – From a Reliable Source (citation)

16. Steps to Effective Assessment Step 5: Devise assessment tools. (how do I measure)

17. Steps to Effective Assessment

18. Step 6: Collect and analyze the data. Step 7: Communicate the results to different stakeholder groups. (share) Source: Harada, Violet H., and Joan M. Yoshina. Assessing Learning: Librarians and Teachers as Partners. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited, 2005.

19. Evidence Cycle Adapted from model developed in Illinois Here’s the Evidence Grant STUDENTSTUDENT STAKEHOLDERSSTAKEHOLDERS CollaborationAssessment Desired Outcomes Assessment Results Action Plan Message Development SIP Mission Statements Test Scores Standards Classroom Teacher + Teacher- Librarian Feedback Reflection & Retooling Sharing The Evidence

20. Words of Advice Remember, we’ve been "doing" assessment all along. Burch Start small, start friendly. Diekman Better to adopt less-than- perfect formative assessment than none at all. Popham