ASSESSMENT PROCESS

1. ASSESSMENT PROCESS Pre – Assessment Summative Assessment (Assessment OF Learning) Formative Assessment(Assessment FOR Learning)

2. PRE-ASSESSMENT • The purpose of pre-assessment is to determine what students know about a topic before it is taught. • Pre-assessment will help the teacher determine flexible grouping patterns and should be used regularly.

3. Checklist Pre-test KWL Charts Graphic Organizers Student Discussions Student Demonstrations Student Products Student Work Samples Show of hands/EPR (Every Pupil Response) Standardized Test Data Teacher Observation Writing Prompts Writing Samples Pre-Assessment Strategies

4. FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT Assessments FOR learning happens while learning is still underway. These are assessments that: • are conducted throughout teaching and learning to diagnose student needs • plan the next steps in instruction • provide students with feedback they can use to improve the quality of their work • help students see and feel how they are in control of their journey to success

5. Key Elements of Formative Assessment • Establishment of learning goals and tracking of individual student progress towards those goals • Use of varied approaches to assessing student understanding • Feedback on student performance and adaptation of instruction to meet identified needs • Active involvement of students in the learning process

6. Formative Assessment Strategies • Conference • Cooperative Learning Activities • Demonstrations • Exit Card • Graphic Organizers • “I Learned” Statements • Interviews • Journal Entry • KWLs • Learning Logs • Oral Attitude Surveys • Oral Presentations • Peer Evaluations • Problem Solving Activities • Products • Questioning • Quiz • Response Groups • Self-Evaluations

7. Websites on Formative Assessment • Formative Assessment Strategies • Examples of Formative Assessments • Attributes of Effective Formative Assessment • Formative Assessment: Examples of Practice

8. Selected Texts on Formative Assessments • Formative Assessment and Standards-Based Grading by R. Marzano • Advancing Formative Assessment in Every Classroom by C.M. Moss and S.M. Brookhart • Common Formative Assessments by L. Ainsworth and D. Viegut • Checking for Understanding by D. Fisher and N. Frey • Embedded Formative Assessment by D. Wiliam

9. SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT This type of assessment is a successful end product and/or the fulfilling of the pre-stated objective.

10. SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT A summative assessment/evaluation is designed to: • provide information • make judgments about student achievement at the end of a sequence of instruction, (e.g., final drafts/attempts, tests, exam, assignments, projects, performances) It is a means to determine a student’s mastery and understanding of information, skills, concepts, or processes.

11. Unit Test Performance Task Product/Exhibit Demonstration Portfolio Review Summative Assessment Strategies

12. SOME FINAL THOUGHTS Formative Assessment: • Refers to what happens on a daily basis in the classroom • Provides teachers with information about specific next instructional steps for students: Assessment Drives Instruction. • Students know where they are at instructionally and where they need to go • On-going assessment provides continual feedback that helps students progress over time