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PD 2010/2011 Assessment for Learning

PD 2010/2011 Assessment for Learning. April 2010. MSIP Standard 6.2. 2010 School Improvement Products. Desktop curriculum Well articulated K-12 standards Close alignment of instructional practice to standards - Parallel Teaching is public. 2010 PD Survey – Emerging Themes.

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PD 2010/2011 Assessment for Learning

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  1. PD 2010/2011Assessment for Learning April 2010 MSIP Standard 6.2

  2. 2010 School Improvement Products • Desktop curriculum • Well articulated K-12 standards • Close alignment of instructional practice to standards - Parallel • Teaching is public

  3. 2010 PD Survey – Emerging Themes • Learning through collaboration • Want collegial inquiry and discussion. • PD must be research based • A focus on assessment is important • Return to PLC model for school reform

  4. Student Learning Gaps • Performance of subgroups of students on state achievement tests • Children of color and children growing up in poverty do not read, write or perform math operations as well as white or relatively more affluent children. • Data from 2009/10 AYP accountability report • KHS – NP Math: White, F/R, • KMS – NP CA: F/R – NP Math: F/R • RME – NP CA: IEP

  5. Proposed PD Purpose • Use action research model to study how assessment for learning strategies help students connect to learning • AR is evaluating the results of an action with the intent of further analysis, planning, acting and evaluating. • PD could be informed by the writing and presentations of Reeves, Stiggins, Eaker or Dufour • Research suggests that applying strategies of formative assessment that connect the learner directly to instruction during learning, can produce significant gains in achievement (Stiggins, 2006).

  6. What is Assessment for Learning? • What it is not … • Norm Referenced Assessment • Single student or class or group measured against others who took the same test • Some students came equipped with more than others • Provided Info for policymakers • Reward some students and punish others

  7. What is Assessment for Learning? (cont.) • It is….. • Standards based assessment • Be proficient according to the criteria of the standard – Reeves, 2007 • AFL = Assessment at the classroom level • diagnose, plan and provide feedback

  8. What is Assessment for Learning? (cont.) AFL Process: Measurement – Inquiry- Reflect • AFL but informs students about learning • Measure progress toward learning goals • Helps all students succeed • Clear, accessible instructional scoring guides

  9. What is Assessment for Learning? (cont.) 5 basic tenets • Clear purposes • Clear learning targets • Sound assessment design • Effective communication of results • Student involvement (Stiggins, 2004).

  10. What is Assessment for Learning? (cont.) Seven Strategies; • Good and poor examples of anonymous student work • Scoring guide - clear picture of expectations • Descriptive feedback • Students track their own progress -self-assess and set goals • Teachers focus lessons on one aspect of quality • Students focus revisions on one element at a time • Students reflect on learning-monitor their own progress.

  11. Lens • How to frame or think about AFL study • PLC: Centers on the collaboration of teachers • Eaker and Dufour • Norms that support reflection and study of education – achieving a shared goal • Time and opportunity for reflective dialogue • Opportunities appraise oneself • Collaboration - essential outcome of reflective dialogue • Community of learners, who share information, strategies, issues and concerns.

  12. A Proposed Plan • Employ AR approach to help teachers improve instruction by implementing the principles of Assessment for Learning. • Frame the AR through PLC Model: The project will center on the collaboration teachers

  13. Proposed Plan(cont.) • Sept. 24th–Diagnose assessment practices currently used - examined what we know about our students/study the principles of assessment • Share by team how assessment information is used to inform instruction and how assessment data is used. • Product: Record observations, ideas and issues

  14. Proposed Plan (cont.) • October 25th: Implement the principles of AFL • Stiggins, Reeves, Eaker, or Dufour Speak in a.m. on the topic of assessment schemes. • Small Group Activity – AR project begins • teachers connect instructional assessments to learners in a profound, direct manner. • Plan to engage students through formative, classroom assessments Ex. develop and use a scoring guide/model to inform instruction and provide students with a target – Best Practice • Teachers plan their own implementation of AFL for learning principles

  15. Evaluation – Concluding Activity • Feb. 18th– Share thoughts and feelings about the project - how the experience has changed methods & perspective • Data will be collected throughout the project in the form of journal writing. • Recorded observations of classroom assessment activities

  16. Summary

  17. Product • Themes emerge about how teachers alter their perspective and their practice, to facilitate standards based assessment • value of collaboration is the focal point • Project creates a PLC

  18. Questions?

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