Assessment Concepts Week 4

Ticket to Class--what's your assessment DESCA

Where have we been:
Can you define Assessment?
Can you list some types of Assessment?

Is it Assessment of or for learning? or both?  
Where do Objectives fit in?

What do we need to ask today?
Where does the process of learning connect to the lesson? is it the objective? the assessment? the activity?
How do I design a unit with assessment in mind? What tools might help?
Graphic Organizer of Types of Assessment....
Packet Overview

Where are we going?   Types of assessment
Questions to answer through the group project:

• Which types of Assessment should I use for each content area? for each learning activity? for each 'snapshot' or summative experience? grade level?
• What are the pros/cons of each type of assessment?
• what is this 'category of assessment' , where is it used, is it created by the teacher, student, colleagues, textbook?

As we enter into the group projects, on your own, using your newly reviewed search skills, find an article or two and give Mrs. Poling a link or copy of it by the day we have a presentation on it.  (when it's your group, you are good with just your presentation info!)

September 23:  Testing (Selected Response, Extended Response) (joel, becky, bethany)
September 25:  Performance Assessment (rubrics)(gisel, heidi, alanna)
September 30: Communication (personal comuncation, instrucational Q/A, conferences/interviews, discussion, oral exams, journals/logs) (carla, joy, jeannie)
October 2- Conferencing/Portfolios (types of conferences: feedback, goal, intervention, growth, achievement, types of portfolios: Project, growth, achievement, competence, celebration, working folder) (bailey, eli, heather)
October... report cards/grading

Group Projects:  rubric distributed and discussed

Alternate Assessments Case Study Assigned- read for Wednesday.

Assessment Questions from YOU the learners!

Questions that were asked on day 1 of class by students (on your note card)...

1. How can I make assessment a celebration?
2. How do I prepare students for assessments that are performance oriented?
3. How do I find the students who have test anxiety and help them?
4. How often do I need to assess?
5. What are the different techniques?
6. What are the proper ways to assess students?
7. How often do they have assessments that I don't write (i.e. curriculum assessments)
8. Do you have to have an assessment for every lesson?
9. Can assessments be very easy? (like talking?)
10. What types of assessment are best?
11. Is their a way to do it without having to work all day and night through the school  year? 
12. Show we give assessments every day?
13. How do we choose the best form of assessment from subject to subject?
14. How do I know what kind of assessment to use and when?
15. What different forms can you do besides quizzes? 
16. What are the out of the box assessment ideas?
17. What are good assessments?
18. How do you make it fair enough?
19. How do I balance state mandated (district) and classroom assessment?
20. How do I know what assessment to use for each assignment?
21. Statement-I find creating good assessments very hard-- so is the question:  How do I quickly/easily create quality assessments?

Themes in your 21 questions:

• A.  What's a good, fair, fun assessment?
• B.  How do I know which type of assessment to use for this lesson? and what options are out there for assessment? and how do I make sure it's student appropriate, and they are ready?
• C.  How often do I need to assess?
• D.  How can I efficiently find, create, or develop appropriate assessments that are valid, reliable tools?  
• E.   How can I make assessment fun for me, students and celebrate their learning?

TICKET TO CLASS:    Look at the list of 21 questions and my list of themes...

•  Did I miss anything in my theme questions? or did I capture the main questions?
• Which questions have we begun to answer?  
• Rank the theme questions in order of your need to have them answered....(I lettered them for ease).

 Recap of in class discussions we've started (some we need to continue!) ....

• an assessment definition
• who, what, why do we assess
• types of assessment listed
• is assessment of or for learning? or both?

For Wednesday- bring a personal device for internet use- Ms. Beth Young will be leading us through tips/tricks for researching with ease!!  (if you don't have one, let Mrs. Poling know so I bring in enough of the TED ipads!)

TICKET OUT OF CLASS...
Tell me 3 things about assessment and the objectives you write for a lesson. (think the orange book from last year- where great teaching begins)