1. Assessment for Learning Karen Appleton Instructional Media/Technology Consultant Prairie Lakes AEA

2. What is “assessment”? Assessment is a process…of collecting, analyzing and reporting data…that informs us about progress and problems a learner encounters in a learning experience From the Latin, assidere…to sit with Implies talking with, working alongside learners Assessment is NOT the same as evaluation

3. Assessment and the School Library Program Why should the Teacher Librarian assess? “But there is no place for my grades on the report card!!” Who is it about?! The Principal Series: Principal as Instructional Leader. ASCD. 1999

4. Summarize Fall Forum 2006 Violet Harada, University of Hawaii –“What is assessment? Why should library media specialists be involved?” Barbara Stripling, New York City Schools –“Assessment of Information Fluency” Marjorie Pappas, Rutgers University –“Tools of Assessment” Allison Zmuda –“…Where does your authority come from…”

5. Summarize Fall Forum 2008 Goals: –Compare and contrast various components of authentic assessment to examine student learning –Identify authentic assessment most appropriate for gathering Information Literacy Skill data from student learners –Apply authentic assessment interpretation to curriculum development and collaboration for enhanced student learning

6. Summarize Fall Forum 2008 Develop rigorous and relevant curricula on various grade levels using field-tested assessment models designed to elevate the student learning process Integrate authentic assessment into lesson plans, using them as a diagnostic aide to enhance the student learning process*

7. What shall we assess? Margaret Heritage and learning progessions What are the essential elements, skills and concepts?What are the essential elements, skills and concepts? How do we recognize levels of understanding and synthesis?**

8. Types of Assessment Cornerstone Summative Formative Metacognitive Zmuda and Harada. Librarians as Learning Specialists. (2008)

9. Formative Assessment On-going, reflective Teacher and student as partners Involves diagnosis of what students already know/don’t know Teachers adjust as much or more than students Focus on student’s evolving performance

10. Firsts Steps to Formative Assessment Identify the broad standard Articulate a more specific performance indicator Describe a learning task based on the performance indicator Determine criteria that will be used to assess how well students perform the learning task Design the tool or method to measure proficiency Zmuda and Harada. Librarians as Learning Specialists. (2008)

11. Examples of Formative Assessments Checklists Rubrics Rating Scales Conferences Logs Personal Correspondence Graphic Organizers –Concept maps –Webs –K-W-L –Matrices Zmuda and Harada. Librarians as Learning Specialists. (2008)

14. Online Assessment TRAILS: Tool for Realtime Assessment of Information Literacy Skills Tool for Realtime Assessment of Information Literacy Skills

15. Karen Appleton kappleton@aea8.k12.ia.us