Overview...Assessment

Week One:  Overview of Assessment (Management is the 2nd half of the course)

Ticket to Class:
1) On a scale of 1-10 where do you rate your preparation for implementing assessment in your teaching? (10 being bring it on, 1 being I'm terrified)
2) What assessment techniques have you included in your junior unit, in a lesson,...
3) What big questions do you have about assessment? 

Learning Target: The students will define assessment, list types of assessment, and ask BIG questions about assessment.

Food for thought/discussion....

• What is assessment?
• What is learning?
• What are types of assessment?
• Who is assessment for? 
• Who is involved in assessment? how?
• What are the types of assessment?
• Which types of assessment do you like?  
• What do you hope to learn about assessment? 

Course Structure
Reading Assignments explained
Assessment Group Presentations Explained
Syllabi Distributed, questions day 2.  

Homework: start your Merill Harmin Reading

Response time....

Link to files... currently the syllabi....
https://sites.google.com/site/sarahpolingportfolio/ed470files