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Assessments
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Assessments
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Formative
Definition: Formative assessments are designed to provide feedback to students in a timely manner to improve their learning. Students are given regular feedback on their progress in order to improve their learning, and instructors use the feedback to improve their teaching.
Examples
Classroom Poll: There are multiple ways that you could utilize classroom polls within the classroom as a formative assessment. Using Google Forms is a great way to check on students understanding of the lesson. Another way is by utilizing polls on Google Meeting or on Zoom.
Exit Tickets: Students can design a t-shirt that represents something you learned today. Another option that can be used as an exit ticket would be to have students write two things stood out to them the most during a lesson on a sticky note.
H.O.T Questions
What are H.O.T Questions?: H.O.T or higher order thinking questions is crucial for students to learn and to provoke critical thinking skills in during lessons. Questioning is an essential part of a lesson and can serve a variety of purposes, such as checking for understanding, reviewing, developing critical thinking skills and reinforcing skills.
Opening
What do you notice about the front cover? What can you predict will happen based on the illustrations.
What do you notice about the title of the book. Is it similar to a story you have read before. If so, how what do think the story will be about based on the tile?
Guiding
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What details from the story support the idea that Mateo's new brother and sister act unkindly toward him?
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Performance
Definition: Performance assessments are assessments that require students to complete a specific tasks rather than responding to questions.
Examples:
Skit/Acting Out: The act of acting can be used to assess a student's reading comprehension along with students knowledge of a topic.
Making a Map: To demonstrate learned knowledge, students will illustrate their own maps. This allows students to be creative and to show their knowledge of content.
Interim/Benchmark
Definition: Students take interim/benchmark assessments to see where they are in their learning and if they are on track for future assessments.
Examples:
STAAR Testing: It is an assessment of students' knowledge that they have learned and/or attained in grade level.
MAP Growth Testing: Students are tested in math and reading using a computerized test. This gives teachers and educators knowledge of students learning.
Diagnostic
Definition: Diagnostic assessments determine students' strengths and weaknesses while determining misconceptions they might have.
Examples
Pre-Course Exam: The purpose of pre-assessments is to evaluate students' understanding of a topic before instruction begins. Pre-assessments could cover content from prior grades, reevaluate content from earlier in the year, or preview grade-level material.
Running Records: The purpose of running records is to track students' progress as they develop their reading skills and to identify patterns in their reading behavior.
Summative
Definition: The purpose of summative assessment is to evaluate the learning of students after an instructional unit by comparing their learning to a standard or benchmark. Frequently, summative assessments are high-stakes, which means they have a high point value.
Examples
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End of Unit Exam/MidTerm Exam: The purpose of End of Unit exams and MidTerm Exams is to assess what students have learned over a period of time.
