Assessments
Diagnostic
Formative
Interim/Benchmark
Summative
Performance
HOT Questions
Guiding
Closing
Opening
Which of these example equations have a negative slope?; Positive slope?
Can you explain how changing an equation from standard to slope intercept form makes it easier to identify attributes of a graph?
What are your steps when converting equations between forms?
How can we use the slope intercept form of an equation to graph an equation?
Which of these equations are in standard form?
Where is the slope located in a slope intercept form equation?
Definition: Formative assesments are used for gathering evidemce of student learning on a day to daybasis. Usually low stakes and can be used to informally asessand give immediate feedback.
3-2-1 Activity: Students will write three things they learned, two things they found interesting and one thing they need help with;
3x Summarization To check understanding, ask kids to write three different summaries: The first in 10-15 words, the second in 30-50 words, the third in 75-100 words.
Definition: Interim Assessments are periodic tests that happen throughout the year either at each grading period or semester.
District Assessments: Districts tend to give out assesments at the end of every grading period for tracking and intervention use for the rest of the year.
Definition: Summative Assesments are usually given at the end of units and review what the students should have learned in that unit.
Definition: Diagnostic assessments are pre tests that gauge what the student is proficient or weak in. This will be used to understand how to differentiate their learning effectively.
Definition: Preformance assessments are tests that require students to preform a given task chosen from the unit to assess student learning.
Progress measures are used to assess how students are progressing throught the units and if theyre learning the required knowledge to continue.
IEP plans usually use a vaiety of diagnostic tests to properly assess a students needs when completing a course.
Projects: Projects when used correctly can accuratley gauge whether a student has learned eerthing they needed to because the project should span multiple topics in the unit
FInal exams are given at the end of the course and is the most imortant summative assessment given every yer, it will gauge what the student has learned throughout the whole year.
Chair testing in band is a clear performance assessment because determining which student will sit in which chair is based purely off of performance.
Real world application involves using knowledge learned in the unit to complete an experiment using real world items.
STARR tests are the state assessment in Texas, given around the end of the school year.
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