Module 2.3
Module 2.3
Assessments
Assessments
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Learning Intention 2.3a
Learning Intention 2.3a
Curriculum writers will understand the definition of "formative assessment" and examples of what it should look like in the curriculum.
Review this presentation on formative assessment from HCS. Make a copy of the presentation so that you can complete the activities.
Read some examples here of how HCS educators have used formative assessment to engage students and make instructional decisions.
As you read, consider...
What is the definition of formative assessment?
What do informal assessments look like? What do formal assessments look like? How do they relate to formative assessments?
What should formative assessments look like when written in the HCS curriculum?
Learning Intention 2.3b
Learning Intention 2.3b
Curriculum writers will understand the definition of "summative assessment" and examples of what it should look like in the curriculum.
Review this presentation on summative assessment from HCS. Make a copy of the presentation so that you can complete the activities.
As you read, consider...
What is validity and why is it important in assessments?
What is reliability and why is it important in assessments?
Why do curriculum writers need to be fluent with Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy in order to write reliable assessments that yield valid inferences about student learning?
Learning Intention 2.3c
Learning Intention 2.3c
Curriculum writers will understand the HCS Balanced Assessment Framework.
Review the HCS Balanced Assessment Framework. Make sure that you click on the various links and are familiar with all the information covered on here.
As you read, consider...
Why do we need a Balanced Assessment Framework?
What are the different origins of assessments?
What are the HCS W5Cs and why are they important?
When you're ready, take the Assessments quiz. You may take the quiz as many times as you want and it is open book, but it does have a 1-hour time limit each time you take it. Do not move on until you score a 90% or higher.
The secret word is: Target
Done with the 1.3 quiz?
Go to Stage 3.
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