Assessments
Summative
Diagnostic:
Interim/Benchmark
Formative
Performance
H.O.T Questions
Guiding
Closing
Opening
Definition: A summative assessment gives students a chance to prove what he/she has learned.
Portfolios/e-folios: A portfolio that contains everything that a student has created and worked on. The student will present their portfolio after it is completed as an end of the year assessment.
Final Exam: Test that is administered to students at the end of the semester to assess student knowledge over the course.
Definition: A formative assessment gives a student a chance to to improve upon his/her learning.
Pop Quiz: A quiz that is not graded but it's used to determine what students know at that time and place.
Exit Ticket: An exit ticket over the topic of what the content was over. It could be a question or response that the student has to answer.
Definition: Used to collect data on what students already know about the topic
Running Records: Assessment used to assess a students reading level and their accuracy rate.
Definition: A comparison of student understanding or performance against a set of uniform standards within the same school year.
STAAR: An assessment that shows whether a student has mastered specific knowledge of a core subject at a certain grade level in the state of Texas.
SAT: Test that lets students show colleges what they know and how well they can apply that knowledge.
Definition: An assessment that demonstrates a students knowledge in a non-written format.
Open ended Response: Students verbally communicating their answers without the help of their notes and partner.
Lab Investigation: Having students use their skills to perform a hands-on lab activity to show what they know.
KWL Chart: Students will fill out a chart about what they know about a certain topic or content, what they want to know, and then what they learn.
Who are the main characters in this story?
What inference can you make from reading the title of the text?
Why is voting important in this story?
Could this story happen in real life? Why or Why not?
What does the theme of this story teach us?
Do you agree that someone should be 18 in order to vote?
