Assessment and Evaluation

Evidence of student achievement for evaluation is collected over time from three different sources – observations, conversations, and student products. Using multiple sources of evidence increases the reliability and validity of the evaluation of student learning.

(Growing Success, 2010)

There is so much to consider when thinking about Assessment and Evaluation in English class:

• focus on overall expectations

• triangulation of conversations, observations and student products

• inclusion of diagnostic, formative and summative assessment

• tracking of expectations/triangulation

• reporting on student achievement

We have accessed the following documents for direction on Assessment and Evaluation in English:

Growing Success, 2010

Learning for All, 2011

The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 9 and 10, English, 2007

The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 11 and 12, English, 2007

OVERALL EXPECTATIONS IN ENGLISH