Assessment By: Michael Sazama and Adam Stresing

 Dictionary definition: a judgment about something based on an understanding of the situation What do you think of when you here the word assessment? What is assessment?

 Summative assessments are cumulative evaluations  Used to measure student growth after instruction  Given at end of course to determine whether long-term learning goals have been met  When we hear assessment, we think of:  Unit/Chapter Tests  State Testing  WKCE  Act/SAT Summative

 What is formative assessment?  Formal and Informal assessment  Used during learning process  Gives the teacher instant feed back  Suggested you have at least one in every lesson taught  Helps you know content to touch on in future lessons Formative

 Observations  Questioning  Discussions  Exit/Admit Slips  Individual Whiteboards  Graphic organizers Types of Formative Assessment

 Think pair share. What types of formative assessments can you remember from middle school ? Do you feel that your teachers used formative assessments correctly? Discussion

 The next activity is my favorite formative assessment from middle school Social Studies. Example of a Formative Assessment

 Split into groups  Each group is a family moving out west  Each family is looking for a place for the community to settle  Pick a place to form a settlement based on the land shown on the following slide  Each family needs one spokesperson to defend the settlement placement  List your reasons for settling there  Ex. Water, Lumber, Protection  We will then vote on where to start the settlement Activity

 Multiple Choice Questions  Fill in the Blank Questions  True/False Statements  Essay Questions Standard Assessments

 Journals  Plays  Presentations  Posters  Group Debates  Group Projects Alternative (Authentic) Assessments

 Meet with your group from the integrated curriculum planning activity  Create two alternative assessments for your subject field  BE CREATIVE!!  We will meet back and share some of our alternative assessments Creating Your Own Alternative Assessment

 Movie clip on trench warfare with a test  Half of the students will get an alternative assessment and half will get a standard assessment Activity

 Levels of thinking Exploring the Assessments

Blooms Taxonomy

Lets make some planes!!

 Groups of 3-4  Assigned a paper airplane design  Given blueprints for an airplane  Each group will work together to make a paper plane  Groups need to assign a group leader  Spokesperson will explain to the class why their design will win  Competition: Whose airplane goes the farthest? Group Project

 Assessments aligned to Common Core State Standards  Prepare students for life outside High School  Balanced, high-quality assessment system—including formative, interim, and summative components  Improves learning by providing information and tools for teachers and schools to help students succeed  Uses technology for more precise and efficient testing Smarter Balanced Testing

 Danielson Model  Danielson Group promotes teacher effectiveness and professional learning  The Framework for Teaching is a research-based set of components of instruction  Aligned to INTASC standards  Complex activity of teaching divided into 22 components (and 76 smaller elements) clustered into four domains of teaching responsibility Effective teaching

 Teacher practices:  What teachers do  How well they do the work of teaching  Results:  What teachers accomplish  How well their students learn  Charlotte Danielson video clip What is effective teaching?

 The four domains  Domain 1: Planning and Preparation  Domain 2: The Classroom Environment  Domain 3: Instruction  Domain 4: Professional Responsibilities What teachers do?

 Demonstrating Knowledge of Content  Demonstrating Knowledge of Students  Setting Instructional Outcomes  Demonstrating Knowledge of Resources  Designing Coherent Instruction  Designing Student Assessments Domain 1: Planning and Preparation

 Creating an Environment of Respect  Establishing a Culture for Learning  Managing Classroom Procedures  Managing Student Behavior  Organizing Physical Space Domain 2: The Classroom Environment

 Communicating with Students  Using Questioning and Discussion Techniques  Engaging Students in Learning  Using Assessment in Instruction  Demonstrating Flexibility and Responsiveness Domain 3: Instruction

 Reflecting on Teaching  Maintaining Accurate Records  Communicating with Families  Participating in a Professional Community  Growing and Developing Professionally  Showing Professionalism Domain 4: Professional Responsibilities

 Psychological condition in which people experience extreme distress and anxiety in testing situations.  Test anxiety at times can be a good thing to an extent  Raises your adrenalin levels and gives you more awareness  Creates problems when is excessive and creates fear  Makes it harder to focus Test Anxiety

 Cultural Bias   Gender Bias  Economic/Regional Bias Test Bias

Conclusion

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