1. Ecomp 6102 Portfolio My name is Ginger Towle. I have been teaching for 18 years. Most of my teaching career has been in regular education, but with my recent move to a new school district I have become a special education teacher. This move has been a real challenge for me. I have learned a great deal working towards my master’s in technology and look forward to continue to learn new ways to improve my teaching for all my students. Click on pictures, arrow buttons, and home button to navigate to each section of this portfolio. Also click on underlined links to see the Five Standards.

2. Table of Contents Conceptual Framework Statement Influential Authors Table of Purposes “What is Worth Assessing?” Breaking Apart a Content Standard Case Study in Assessment Barriers to High Quality Assessment Selected Response Assessment Essay on Reasoning

3. Conceptual Framework Statement Click on the picture to read about about my philosophy concerning education.

4. Influential Authors Richard J. Stiggins – Student Involved Assessment for Learning Howard Gardner – Multiple Intelligences Benjamin Bloom – Bloom’s Taxonomy Tina Blythe – The Teaching for Understanding Guide James M. Kauffman – Managing Classroom Behavior Sally Shaywitz – Overcoming Dyslexia

5. Table of Purposes and Users of Assessment Information Module 1-4 Understand and use the Five Standards of Assessment Quality. Five Standards of Assessment Quality Assessments serve articulated purposes. Click “Here” for reflection.“Here” Click picture for assignment

6. “What is Worth Assessing?” Module 2-2 Understand and use the Five Standards of Assessment Quality.Five Standards of Assessment Quality Assessments arise from and reflect clear learning targets Click picture for assignment.

7. Breaking Apart a Content Standard Module 2-3 Understand and use the Five Standards of Assessment Quality. Five Standards of Assessment Quality Assessments arise from and reflect clear learning targets. Click picture for assignment.

8. Case Study in Assessment Module 3-1 Understand and use the Five Standards of Assessment Quality.Five Standards of Assessment Quality Accurate assessment uses appropriate methods given the context. Click “Here” to read reflection.“Here” Click picture for assignment.

9. Barriers to High Quality Assessment Module 3-2 Understand and use the Five Standards of Assessment Quality.Five Standards of Assessment Quality Effective assessments avoid unwanted sources of bias, interference, or error. Click picture for assignment

10. Selected Response Assessment Module 4-3 Understand and apply the Five Standard of Assessment QualityFive Standard of Assessment Quality Apply technology to facilitate the use of effective assessment and evaluation strategies in teaching. With the assistance of technology, accurately measure student achievement of, and progress toward, learning objectives using a variety of formal and informal assessments. Click picture for assignment.

11. Essay on Reasoning Apply technology in assessing student learning of subject matter using a variety of classroom assessment techniques. Click “Here” to read my reflection of the assignment.Here Click picture for assignment

12. Goals For the Future Finish my master’s degree in June 2006 Continue my education towards my special education licensure Find a job more suitable for me and my talents Teach teachers how to integrate technology into their classrooms Teach at the college level Create assessments that are truly reflective of student learning Use technology to create units of study and to assess those units

13. Five Standards of Assessment Quality 1. Assessments serve articulated purposes. 2. Assessment arise from and reflect clear learning targets. 3. Accurate assessment uses appropriate methods given the context. 4. Assessments need to sample student achievement appropriately. 5. Effective assessments avoid unwanted sources of bias, interference, or error.

14. Please contact me if you have any questions or information you would like to share. Contact me at gtowle@clovis-school.orggtowle@clovis-school.org