Assessment for Learning
Helping Students Master Key Skills in the 21st Century
Effective Assessment Strategies
- Clarifying, understanding, and sharing learning intentions
- Engineering effective classroom discussions, tasks, and activities that elicit evidence of learning
- Providing feedback that moves learners forward
- Activating students as learning resources for one another
- Activating students as owners of their own learning
The Exit Ticket
Ending lessons with an evaluative question assures student understanding of material content.
No Hands Up!
Encourage students to ask questions, instead of answering them!
The Flipped Classroom
Group project learning takes place at school after the lecture is viewed at home.
Two Stars and A Wish!
Student feedback provided to the teacher informing of areas of mastery and one area needing improvement.
Green, Yellow, Red!
Green: I understand!
Yellow: I don't understand!
Red: Help! I'm lost!
See Three Before Me: Self-Directed Learning
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Formative and Summative Assessments
Formative Assessments:
- anecdotal records
- quizzes
- tests
- project-based learning
Summative Assessments:
- Final Exams
- Statewide Tests
- Nationwide Tests
Personal Thoughts and Ideas!
Summative assessments are necessary for accountability; however, formative assessments are ongoing. Formative assessments can be implemented into the five effective assessment strategies through, individual, student observation, anecdotal record keeping, and observation of project-based learning.