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Assessments
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Formative
Definition: Formative assessments gather evidence of student learning to provide feedback to students and teachers. Formative assessments help teachers adjust their teaching to better help their students.
Pre-assessments: given to students before a unit to see what they already know and help teachers adjust instruction
Two Roses and a Thorn: Students write down 2 things they learned during the lesson and 1 thing they need more clarification with
Summative
Definition: Summative assessments are given at the end of unit and are high stakes. These tests are given to see if students have mastered the content at hand.
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End of unit exam: given to students to test their knowledge of the topics taught during a specific unit.
Interim/benchmark
Definition: Interim assessments also known as benchmarks are tests given periodically throughout the school year to check if students are on track. These types of tests are more formal and have little to no student feedback.
District assessments: District assessments are given every couple of weeks and are created by districts to see where all students are performing in a certain grade level
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Performance
Definition: Performance assessments require students to perform a task rather than answer questions from a pre-made list.
open ended responses: students answer a question using a few short sentences to demonstrate their understanding.
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Diagnostic
Definition: Diagnostic assessments are used by teachers to collect information about their students strengths and weaknesses prior to instruction.
Student work samples: For example, looking at a students writing samples from previous years to see their strengths and areas of weaknesses.
Sight Word Lists: show students a list of sight words and have them read the words on the list marking which ones students read incorrectly.
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