Assessment & Evaluation (in Russia & the U.S.)

Assessment & Evaluation(in Russia & the U.S.) Chaika Natalia -Bugulma, RT

What Is Assessment? Mnemonic Device Mnemonic Device Actually Accepting Seeing Some Students Setbacks Equipped Even to Survive & Suspecting Surpass Some My May Expectations Evole into Now & New Then Thinking

Assessment Haiku Blind assessment leads to poor results and troubled classroom experience

Assessment is : • “checking out” someone’s thinking,from a high-stakes evaluation to an informal classroom poll; • standardized testing, of course, is an example of high stakes assessment;

Principles of Evaluations Systematic Inquiry Competence Integrity/Honesty Respect for People Variety of Types and Tools

Assessment can be : • writing in journals and logs; • keeping graphic organizers; • doing problem-solving sheets; • a quick, informal appraisal to check timing and understanding by using polls, quizzes, and voting.

Reflective Assessment Steps: A: Since we last talked about; I have been thinking about… B: I am quite puzzled by… C: I find I pay closer attention to…:I think this because… D: This is what I know so far… E: This is what I need to help me figure out the rest… F: I found it interesting that…

Types of Assessment • Demonstration (show how); • Exhibits (display); • Graphic Organizers (webs, Venn diagrams); • Journals and Logs (writing, stems); • Performance (role-play); • Problem Solving (focus on processing rather than content); • Products (making objects); • Projects (long- term).

Tools to Measure Assessment Checklists Open- ended Response Guided Responses PMI Charts (plus, minus, implications) Likert Scales Partner Exchange & Reports Note Card Observation Rubrics Double-entry Responses Tests & Quizzes

Effective assessment Performance based assessment is quantitative and objective, does not take into account details about individual students learning. Improvement assessment measures students learning in a way that allows classroom teacher to encourage and support learning improvement, and progress for all students Authentic assessment is qualitative and subjective, evaluates students individually on work quality for tasks patterned after real-life situation.

I have come to a frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element in the classroom. It’s my personal approach that creates the climate, It is my daily mood that makes the weather. As a teacher I possess tremendous power To make a child’s life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration. I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situations it is my response that decides Whether a crisis will be escalated or de- escalated. A child humanized or de- humanized. Dr.ChaimCinor. (“Between Parent and Child”)

Performance-Based Assessment • Multiple choice; • True-false; • Fill-in-the-blank; • Matching.

Authentic Assessment • Creating a travel brochure; • Writing a letter to a grandparent; • Reading signs around the community; • Following recipe directions.

Improvement Assessment • Portfolio of student work; • Student self-assessment of progress; • Observation of students’ growth written on sticky notes; • Author’s chair for reading aloud from a piece of student writing.

Assessing Student Use of the Internet • Structuring Internet Research • Benchmarks.

Learning Pyramid Lecture - 5% Reading -10% Audio Visual- 20% Demonstration – 30% Discussion Group – 50% Practice by Doing – 75% Teaching Others - 90%

Assessment & Evaluation (in Russia & the U.S.)