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Assess for Success. Sandra Doran, Ed.D . TheTeacherTrack.com. Why Assess Students?. General Responses. To motivate To provide information To sort and document To validate or admonish To plan instruction. Two Types of Assessment. Formative. Summative. Summative.
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Assess for Success Sandra Doran, Ed.D. TheTeacherTrack.com TheTeacherTrack.com
Why Assess Students? TheTeacherTrack.com
General Responses • To motivate • To provide information • To sort and document • To validate or admonish • To plan instruction TheTeacherTrack.com
Two Types of Assessment Formative Summative TheTeacherTrack.com
Summative TheTeacherTrack.com
Old ModelAssign and Assess TheTeacherTrack.com
New ModelAssess for SuccessAuthentic TheTeacherTrack.com
New ModelAssess for SuccessTeaching Tools, Not Behavioral TheTeacherTrack.com
New ModelAssess for SuccessNoncompetitive and supportive TheTeacherTrack.com
New ModelAssess for SuccessPurpose: Help students understand own growth TheTeacherTrack.com
New ModelAssess for SuccessProvide students with targets for future learning TheTeacherTrack.com
New ModelAssess for SuccessReport Cards Should Reflect 5 Areas TheTeacherTrack.com
PortfoliosTeacher AND Student TheTeacherTrack.com
Five Target Areas • 1. Extended Reading and Writing • 2. Comprehending, Studying, and Evaluating Ideas • 3. Reference Skills • 4. Word Study, Spelling, and Strategy Knowledge • 5. Sentence Skills TheTeacherTrack.com
5 Areas of Instruction • Reading Workshop • Writing Workshop • Theme Book • Word Study • Guided Reading and Literacy Circles TheTeacherTrack.com
Formative AssessmentsJerry Johns Inventory TheTeacherTrack.com
Where do you begin? TheTeacherTrack.com
Administering Graded Word Lists • Start with list that is EASY for student. (Independent Level) Present list to student and ask to read at comfortable pace • If reads word correctly in one second, check off SIGHT WORD. • If student self-corrects, write SC by word and put a + sign in Analysis Column. • If student is getting frustrated or gets 7 wrong, STOP. • After test is finished, present missed words again for a second try. If gets correct, put + in analysis column. TheTeacherTrack.com
Sample Scoring: Graded Words TheTeacherTrack.com
Your Turn: Graded Words TheTeacherTrack.com
Formative AssessmentsLonger Passages • Jerry Johns (start on one level easier than word lists suggests) • Running Records • Reading A-Z • Blank Sheet of Paper TheTeacherTrack.com
Running Record with blank paper • Make student comfortable • Use consistent system of coding • Self-corrects are a GOOD thing • Checking for decoding, fluency, expression, comprehension (with re-tell) • Write down exactly what student says over the word. TheTeacherTrack.com
Many people know that Helen Keller was deaf and blind. Not as many people know about Anne Sullivan. √ √ √ √ √ Keeler √ √ √ ^probably √. √ -- √ √ √ √ Alan/sc Sulls. √ = Word is correct Keeler = Student read word incorrectly in this way. ^ = Student added a word -- = Student omitted a word SC = Self-correct TheTeacherTrack.com
Now it’s your turn Anne Sullivan was born in 1886---more than 135 years ago. She was nearly blind herself. At the age of ten, she was sent to a poor house away from her family. When Anne was fourteen, she was admitted to an institute for the blind in the city of Boston. She had several eye operations and was able to learn to read.
Analysis is important! TheTeacherTrack.com
Other Formative Assessments TheTeacherTrack.com
Writing Analysis TheTeacherTrack.com
Target 1 Extended Reading and Writing TheTeacherTrack.com
Target 2Comprehending, Studying, and Evaluating Ideas TheTeacherTrack.com
Target 3Reference Skills TheTeacherTrack.com
Target 4Word Study, Spelling, and Strategy TheTeacherTrack.com
Target 5Sentence Skills TheTeacherTrack.com
Pulling it all together TheTeacherTrack.com