Assessments
Formative
Interim/Benchmark
Definition: An assessment that evaluates the students learning at the end of a learning unit. Information can be used to guide further instruction.
Performance
Diagnostic
Definition: An assessment that will make students perform a task of some sort other than just answering questions or writing about it.
Definition: Process of gathering information student learning, providing feedback and adjusting instruction strategies to insure that all students are able to do the best possible. The goal is to monitor student learning.
Summative
Example #2: Pre Assessments - Applying this to the classroom can allow a teacher to know if what the students already know about the content and how she/he needs to guide the instruction based on students prior knowledge.
Example #1: Questioning - asking these essential questions to know if students are understanding the lesson so far. This can help the teacher know if he/she needs to change something in her lesson or keep going if the students are understanding it.
Example #1: District assessment - An exam given to students every six weeks to measure if they are learning the appropriate TEKS for the last six weeks.
Example #2: MAP - A standardized test given to students on a computer to measure their achievement and learning on math and reading.
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Definition: Used as a form of Pre- Assessing a student to determine their strengths and weaknesses in certain subjects and clear any misconceptions
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Definition: Periodic Testing throughout the school year with almost no teacher feedback.
H.O.T. Questions
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Example #1: Have students write a song over what they learned, can be to their own beat or a beat they are familiar with.
Example #1: Final Test - A test was taken at the end of a semester (Typically high school and middle school) to evaluate their learning of the information they were taught.
Example #2: Mid Term - A test was taken in the middle of a unit or semester to determine the learning made so far and evaluate if the information is being understood.
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Example #2: KWL Chart - The students will have a chance to write about what they know about a subject, what they would like to know and at the end, what they learned.
Example #1: Pre assessment - Have students take an assignment that is exactly what they will be learning about. If they are able to complete it with ease then you will know the lesson must be much harder.
Example #2: Have students create a booklet as if they were to tell a story or explain what we learned about.
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Opening
What judgement can you make about the cover of the book?
What do you think is the relationship between the baby and the bigger gorilla?
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Guiding
How would you compare how Ivan felt at the very beginning to now that he is at a human home?
What can you say about Ivan's life inside of the cage in the mall?
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Closing
What is an important message that the story wants us to know? How did it make you feel?
How would you apply what you've learned in this story to help other animals that this happens to?