12. ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION Teachers use three forms of assessment during the instructional cycle…

These include: - Diagnostic assessment - Formative assessment - Summative assessment

Diagnostic Assessment Purpose: - to gather data about the strengths, weaknesses, and interests of your students - used to plan and select topics and strategies to match needs and interests to maximize motivation

Formative Assessment Used in an ongoing way throughout the teaching cycle * Purpose: To help you adjust your instruction to better meet learners’ needs and interests as a unit progresses.

Summative Assessment An opportunity for students to demonstrate their learning. May happen at the end of unit, frequently throughout the unit, or both. May involve a culminating task that is designed to demonstrate big ideas learned (i.e., Overall Expectations or several expectations integrated from two or more subject areas)

EXEMPLARS Used to demonstrate work at different levels in relation to an expectation. Levels 1 to 4 Level 3 demonstrates the “provincial standard” Samples are available for teachers on the www.ocup.org site and in hard copy documents sent to schools Samples are expanded continuously.

EXEMPLARS Students’ exposure to exemplars is beneficial to help them set learning goals and “see the target” they are aiming for. Involving students in the development of leveled rubrics for complex expectations, helps them see the rubric as a growth scheme and guides their work. Exemplars and rubrics have been very successfully used by strong Grade 1 teachers, as outlined above.

FORMS OF ASSESSMENT

EXEMPLARS Arrive in booklet form at schools in limited copies when they are released. Are available in the Ontario Curriculum Planner at www.ocup.org