Assessments
Assessment is about your students
Assessment is not about you as a teacher
Are these assessments effective?
1. Why do you use these assessments?
2. Explain the value you find in each assessment.
3. Do you use assessments you find with little or no value?
4. Do you understand how to deliver the assessment or do you need help?
Intent versus results of assessments
Purpose is everything
Assessments effect how students perceive success
Collect data to inform instruction and encourage learning
Engage students in learning process and take responsibility
High Stakes Testing
Standardized tests at end of school year
Too late to make changes in instruction
Data analysis occurs in shifting population
Leadership Team
Play a key role in developing exceptional assessment
Highly collaborative concepts are more sustainable
True leadership measured by results
Assessment plan can be detailed without being cumbersome.
Resuts occur when talk or writing transforms into action.
Involve students in designing effective assessments
Provide clear explanations about assessments and how the data will be used
Standardize when and how to deliver assessments