ASSESSMENT
Interim/Benchmark
Formative
Summative
Diagnostic
Performance
DEFINITION: Formative assessments allow teachers to analyze student work, provide ongoing feedback and adjust instruction as needed.
Exit Ticket: Challenges students with question or synthesis that pertains to lesson.
Discussion: Allows students to reflect and share concepts learned or struggling to connect.
DEFINITION: An assessment that requires students to demonstrate what they know and are able to do.
DEFINITION: A Diagnostic assessment measures and and identifies student strengths and struggles in specific skill-areas. Teachers then take this data to address learning needs.
KWL Chart: This activity allows students to actively participate in a pre assessment of what they know, want to know, and learned.
Mind Maps: This activity allows students to create visuals that represent the thinking that goes on in a students head about ideas, concepts, and definitions.
DEFINITION: Summative assessments evaluate student learning at the end of an instructional unit.
Final Project: A final project allows students to demonstrate the application and mastery of skills learned in a semester or year
Midterm Exam: An exam given during the middle of a term or quarter during the school year.
DEFINITION: Assessments used to determine if students are on track in their learning progress and on track for future standardized tests.
Portfolio: A collection of ones work gathered over a period of time that shows how they have progressed.
Presentations: Students demonstrate their understanding by presenting a visual aid such as a power point.
MAP: Computerized test that measures academic progress.
STAAR: Texas' standardized test in core subjects including reading, writing, mathematics, science, and social studies, designed to measure if students are ready for the next grade or need accelerated instruction for learning gaps.
HOT Questions
Opening Questions
Closing Questions
Guiding Questions
How can you apply what you learned from his lesson to the real world?
What is the moral of MLKs beliefs?
Do you think Martin Luther King would approve of the way we treat one another today? Why or why not?
What do you think Martin Luther King Jr would be most disappointed by?
Why does Martin Luther King enforce forgiveness when protesting for equal rights?
Overall, can you explain Martin Luther Kings morals. character and beliefs?
