Georgia will lead the nation in improving student achievement. 1 Georgia Performance Standards Day 3: Assessment FOR Learning

Georgia will lead the nation in improving student achievement.2 Training Overview: Day Three Introduction to Module (0:55) Introduction to Assessment (0:15) Balanced Assessment (0:55) Planning for Assessment (3:00) Grading Student Work (0:10) Summary, Evaluation, and Homework (0:10)

Georgia will lead the nation in improving student achievement.3 Day Three Objectives 1. Describe how and why Assessment is Stage Identify the purpose of assessment in the classroom. 3. Given a standard (s), determine which assessment method (s) would be most appropriate at various times to increase student learning. 4. Given an assessment plan for a unit, identify whether it meets best practice standards for assessment. 5. Create a formative and summative assessment plan for a unit, including examples of performance tasks and constructed response items.

Georgia will lead the nation in improving student achievement.4 Essential Question (overarching) How do I determine appropriate and acceptable evidence of learning? OR How will I know if my students know it and/or can do it?

Georgia will lead the nation in improving student achievement.5 Standards Based Education Model GPS Standards All Above, plus Tasks Student Work Teacher Commentary All Above Elements Above, plus Stage 1: Identify Desired Results What do I want my students to know and be able to do? Big Ideas  Enduring Understandings  Essential Questions Stage 1: Identify Desired Results What do I want my students to know and be able to do? Big Ideas  Enduring Understandings  Essential Questions Stage 2: Determine Acceptable Evidence (Design Balanced Assessments) How will I know if my students know it and/or can do it? (to assess student progress toward desired results) Stage 2: Determine Acceptable Evidence (Design Balanced Assessments) How will I know if my students know it and/or can do it? (to assess student progress toward desired results) Stage 3: Plan Learning Experiences and Instruction What will need to be done to help my students learn the required knowledge and skills? (to support student success on assessments, leading to desired results) Stage 3: Plan Learning Experiences and Instruction What will need to be done to help my students learn the required knowledge and skills? (to support student success on assessments, leading to desired results) Skills and Knowledge

Georgia will lead the nation in improving student achievement.6 Select standards from among those students need to know Design an assessment through which students will have an opportunity to demonstrate those things Decide what learning opportunities students will need to learn those things and plan appropriate instruction to assure that each student has adequate opportunities to learn Use data from assessment to give feedback, reteach or move to next level Select a topic from the curriculum Design instructional activities Design and give an assessment Give grade or feedback Move onto new topic Standards-based PracticeTraditional Practice The Process of Instructional Planning

Georgia will lead the nation in improving student achievement.7 Stephen Covey Quote “To begin with the end in mind means to start with a clear understanding of your destination. It means to know where you’re going so that you better understand where you are now and so that the steps you take are always in the right direction.”

Georgia will lead the nation in improving student achievement.8 What is assessment? The systematic observation and evaluation of student performance.

Georgia will lead the nation in improving student achievement.9 What is assessment? Do students know? Are they able to complete processes and demonstrate skills? Do they understand? How well do students know? How well are they able to complete processes and demonstrates skills? How well do they understand? What do students not know? What are they not yet able to do? What don’t they understand?

Georgia will lead the nation in improving student achievement.10 UbD’s “Continuum of Assessments”

Georgia will lead the nation in improving student achievement.11 Stiggins’ Assessment Methods Selected Response Essay Performance Assessment Personal Communication

Georgia will lead the nation in improving student achievement.12 Marzano’s Types of Assessment Items Forced-Choice Essay Short Written Response Oral Reports Performance Tasks Teacher Observation Student Self-Assessment

Georgia will lead the nation in improving student achievement.13 Assessment Formats Selected Response Constructed Response Performance Assessment Informal Assessment Adapted from Marzano, Stiggins, UbD

Georgia will lead the nation in improving student achievement.14 Constructed Response Key PointsExamples

Georgia will lead the nation in improving student achievement.15 Evaluating an Assessment Plan Is this assessment plan balanced? How does the assessment plan relate to the Mathematics GPS? How might we improve the individual assessments? Could the addition of other assessments provide a better, more complete picture of student learning? What other assessments might we employ to obtain evidence of student learning for this unit?

Georgia will lead the nation in improving student achievement.16 Critical Filters What type of evidence is required to assess the standard? (e.g., recall of knowledge, understanding of content, ability to carry out a task, ability to create an original product) What assessment method will provide the type of evidence needed? Does the task (assessment method) provide enough evidence to determine if students have met the standard? Is the task efficient? Could I get the same evidence in a less time consuming or labor intensive way? Is the task developmentally appropriate? Can the assessment provide students various options for showing what they know?

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Georgia will lead the nation in improving student achievement.18 Assessment vs. Grading  Continuous process  Provide feedback to improve student  May be formative or summative  Provides a means of collecting evidence of student mastery of the content standards  Provides a photo album of student progress through which we can observe a student’s growth a means of assigning numerical or alphabetical grade to a student’s work May be formative or summative Provides a means of collecting evidence of student mastery of the content standards Provides a photo of student progress through which we can observe a student’s growth

Georgia will lead the nation in improving student achievement.19 Characteristics of Exemplary Assessment  Emphasizes learning process as well as product  Requires active construction of meaning  Assesses interdisciplinary and cross disciplinary skills  Helps students self monitor  Gives specific expectations for students  Emphasizes the application and use of knowledge  Has meaning and relevance to students  Emphasizes complex skills  Makes standards public and known in advance