AM3: Assessment and Feedback

Assessment and Feedback with AI: Experiment with different AI tools to think about how to make assessment easier. Experiment with using AI to create rubrics, give feedback on papers, and more. 

Alison Earnhart, Acera School

(Room 4)

📐 Math Teacher – Task: Generate Tiered Feedback

Scenario:
You're a 7th grade math teacher reviewing student work on solving two-step equations. You want to generate differentiated feedback for three students: one who got everything correct, one who made a small arithmetic error, and one who misunderstood how to isolate the variable. You want your feedback to be brief, supportive, and include a next step.

How will you craft your prompt?

If the first result isn’t exactly what you want, keep giving the AI feedback to iteratively improve. 

🏛 History Teacher – Task: Create a Rubric

Scenario:
You’re assigning a short research project in an 8th grade U.S. History class. Students will choose an event from the Civil Rights Movement and create either a slide deck or a podcast episode explaining its causes, impact, and lasting relevance. You need to create a 4-point rubric that works for both formats and includes criteria for research quality, historical understanding, and communication.

How will you craft your prompt?

If the first result isn’t exactly what you want, keep giving the AI feedback to iteratively improve. 

🔬 Science Teacher – Task: Comment Bank for Lab Reports

Scenario:
You’re grading 6th grade lab reports on a genetics activity. You want to build a comment bank that addresses common strengths and mistakes in the "Analysis & Conclusion" section — things like interpreting Punnett squares, drawing valid conclusions, and clearly supporting claims with data. The tone should be constructive and student-facing.

How will you craft your prompt?

If the first result isn’t exactly what you want, keep giving the AI feedback to iteratively improve. 

✍️ ELA Teacher – Task: Draft Reflective Questions

Scenario:
You’re wrapping up a unit on personal narrative writing in 5th grade. You want to give students some guided reflection prompts that will help them think about how their writing developed and what they'd like to improve next time. You’re hoping for open-ended, metacognitive questions rather than evaluative ones.

How will you craft your prompt?

If the first result isn’t exactly what you want, keep giving the AI feedback to iteratively improve.

🎨 Art Teacher – Task: Summarize Student Feedback

Scenario:
You’ve held peer critiques for a high school art class, where students gave written comments on each other’s sketchbook work. You want to quickly summarize the major trends in feedback for one student to help them see what they’re doing well and where they might grow. You’ll paste in 6–7 student peer comments and want AI to condense the big themes into a short paragraph.

Example Peer Feedback:

​​I really liked the colors you used — they make the piece feel warm and inviting.

Your shading could be more consistent. Some areas look flat compared to others.

Great use of contrasting colors! It really helped your subject stand out.

The outlines were a little shaky in some places — maybe try using a smoother stroke.

I think the way you blended colors was super effective. It shows a lot of thought.

Next time, pay more attention to where the light source is when you’re shading.

How will you craft your prompt?

If the first result isn’t exactly what you want, keep giving the AI feedback to iteratively improve.

Hands-On Assessment with AI : Optional Activities