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Student Assessments ((References, The Access Center (n.d.). Early Reading…
Student Assessments
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High-Stakes Assessment
Definition – High-Stakes Assessment is an assessment that is used to decide or assist in making significant decisions about either the student, teacher, school, districts, etc.
Purpose – High-Stakes Assessment usually refers to the fact that test scores can ultimately determine accolades, advancements, compensation and/or punishments.
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• Can hold teachers accountable to ensure that students are learning what they are expected to learn
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• Has contributed to lower graduation rates, increased failure rates and increased dropout rates
Of or For Learning. Why? Since High-Stakes Assessments are given to make extremely important decisions for all involved, I would choose that this is Of Learning.
Example - The Gesell School Readiness Test
(Munoz, December 2014) and (Meisels, n.d.).
Portfolio Assessment
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Purpose – Portfolio Assessments are a great alternative to the typical student’s classroom test. Many teachers like this assessment because it can show a student’s growth of their work over a period of time.
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• Promotes the students critical thinking, reflection and self-evaluation
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Of or For Learning. Why? Since Portfolio Assessments are completed with teacher and students together, which increases the critical decisions for all involved, I would choose that this is Of Learning.
Example – Process Portfolios and Product Portfolios
(Scherba de Valenzuela, July 2002).
Authentic Assessment
Definition – Authentic Assessment is the measurement of "intellectual accomplishments that are worthwhile, significant, and meaningful," as contrasted to multiple choice standardized tests.
Purpose – Authentic Assessment can be implemented by not only the teacher but also by the student as a form of assessing the student’s achievements.
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• Some students will achieve more, when they know they are being graded
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Of or For Learning. Why? Since Authentic Assessments are completed with teacher and students together, which intensifies the critical decisions for both, I would choose that this is Of Learning.
Example – Projects, experiments and/or demonstrations
(Mueller, 2016).
Self-Assessment
Definition - Self-Assessment is the evaluation or assessment of one’s action or oneself in a particular are or task to obtain the knowledge need for an objective.
Purpose – Self-Assessment is exploring who the student is , what they want, where they want to go and how to get there.
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Of or For Learning. Why? Since Self-Assessments are completed by the students assessing their own level of learning, upon completion of a lesson unit, I would choose that this Of Learning.
Example – Writing a self-assessment
(Who’s Who, January 2015).
Peer Assessment
Definition – Peer assessment is when students grade their peers’ assignments or test based on the benchmarks of their teachers.
Purpose – Peer Assessment began to save teachers time and advance the students understanding and also improve the student’s skills.
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Of or For Learning. Why? Peer Assessments are completed by the students assessing their own peers level of learning, upon completion of a lesson unit, I would choose that this Of Learning.
Example – Assessing classmates and class reviews
(University of Sydney, n.d.).
Diagnostic Assessment
Definition – Diagnostic Assessment of a form of a pre-assessment that lets the teacher determine a student’s knowledge, skills, strengths and weaknesses before the instruction or the lesson is started.
Purpose – It is used predominantly to diagnose students with learning disabilities or difficulties and also to guide both curriculum and lesson planning.
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• Can assist teachers in ascertaining a student’s present capabilities, knowledge or skills, which will also help the teaching regarding lesson plans
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Of or For Learning. Why? – Since diagnostic assessments are conducted before the lesson, I would choose that this is For Learning.
Example – Interviews, pretests, Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literary Skills (DIBELS), Early Reading Diagnostic Assessment (ERDA)
(De Pierola, October 2014) and (Access Center, n.d.).
• Some assessments, like self-assessments are not always accurate
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Formative Assessment
Definition - Formative assessments let teachers to determine a student’s learning during the lesson instead of assessing a student at the end of the lesson.
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Summative Assessment
Definition - Summative Assessments are used to assess a student’s skill acquisition, learning and their academic achievement at the completion of a determined time frame.
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• Not always the best reflection of a student’s learning, especially for anxious students
Of or For Learning. Why? Since summative assessments are given at the end of planned time, I would choose that this is Of Learning.
Example – Oral One-on-One Questions, State Assessments and Benchmark tests
(Concordia University-Portland, February 2013).
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