Assessments
Formative
Interim/Benchmark
Diagnostic
Performance
Definition:is a form of pre-assessment that allows a teacher to determine students' individual strengths, weaknesses, knowledge, and skills prior to instruction.
KWL Chart
Concept Maps
Definition: Is an assessment used to evaluate student learning, skill acquisitions and academic achievement at the conclusion of a defined instructional period. It is typically at the end of a project, unit, course, semester, or school year.
STAAR Test
Final Exam
Definition: Is a wide variety of methods that teachers use to conduct in process evaluations of students comprehension, learning needs, and academic progress during a lesson, unit or course. This type of assessments help teachers identify concepts that students are struggling to understand or difficulty acquiring and adjustments can be made to lessons, instructional techniques and academic support.
Definition: This assessment measures how well students apply their knowledge, skills, and abilities to authentic problems. The key feature is that it requires the student to produce something, such as a report, experiment, or performance, which is scored against specific criteria.
Group Projects
Presentations
Definition: Is a form of assessment that educators use to evaluate where students are in their learning process and to determine whether they are on track to performing well on future assessments.
Benchmark assessment
Six-Weeks assessment
Exit Tickets
Homework
Summative
HOT Questions
Guiding
Closing
Opening
Do you know the life cycle of a butterfly?
What color butterflies have you seen?
How long did the caterpillar stay inside the cocoon?
When did the caterpillar come out of the cocoon?
What came out of the little egg?
What did the caterpillar become?
