Assessment

Purpose | Engagement | Assessment | Curriculum | Environment | Collaboration

What?

Assessment

Why?

What am I supposed to know how to do? How do I show that?

I know the target and what I need to get there.

How?

Formative Assessment

Summative Assessment

HSD Assessment

State Assessment

Getting to the Heart of What Students Know in MathChallenging problems with several paths to the solution encourage students to develop their understanding of mathematical concepts.

7 Smart, Fast Ways to Do Formative AssessmentWithin these methods you’ll find close to 40 tools and tricks for finding out what your students know while they’re still learning.

Tracking Tools: Assess & Celebrate LearningHigh school ELA teacher Sarah Brown Wessling give her students snaps to celebrate learning and asks for thumbs up or down to assess understanding. When students say things that are particularly remarkable, Sarah snaps as a way to highlight their good work. As she teaches, Sarah stops to assess understanding by having students give her thumbs up, down, or to the side.

Differentiated Instruction: Resource RoundupIn this collection of tools and advice from Edutopia and the web, find resources to help you adjust instruction in response to diverse learner needs and interests.

Self-Assessment and Goal Setting Go Hand in Hand | Responsive ClassroomWhen built into daily schoolwork, goal-focused self-assessment fosters academic achievement by helping students develop lifelong skills.

16 Teacher Hacks for Making Data Collection a Piece of CakeIf keeping track of all the streams of data coming your way is not your strong suit, here are a few hacks to make data collection easier (and even fun).

What You Need to Know When Establishing Success Criteria in the ClassroomEstablishing success criteria in the classroom is a critical component of formative assessment. Here are some ideas to help you get started.

Conferring Notes: Gathering DataEmma Coufal shares how she uses conferences to differentiate her reading instruction. She shows us her conference tools, and explains how she uses the conference data to inform her instruction.

20 Simple Assessment Strategies You Can Use Every Day20 Simple Assessment Strategies You Can Use Every Day

Making Feedback MeaningfulSean McComb uses various methods to give students personalized and customized feedback on their writing. He starts his class with a mini-lesson as a way to provide feedback to all his students. Next, students move into a workshop model where they access feedback through highlights on their papers, voice notes, student models or one-on-one conferences. In addition, Sean provides targeted instruction to a set of students needing help with source integration.

We Aren't Using Assessments CorrectlyTesting data should be used as a tool to enhance instruction and learning for teachers and students, writes John Hattie.

Self-Assessment by children is essential for learningA child’s self-assessment in the classroom has an essential role to play in allowing children to become active agents in their own development.

How to Use Data to Create Small Reading GroupsAs educators, we constantly hear how important data collection is, but are often not given the tools for what to do with data. We need to change that!

Formative Assessment: Proportional RelationshipsSeventh grade math teacher Charles Elsdon uses a formative assessment process during a lesson on proportional relationships. First, he reviews the learning goals and success criteria, as well as rubrics developed the day before. Next, students work in groups to find multiple solution paths for a percent increase/decrease problem. Finally, the students share their work on a poster and receive peer and teacher feedback.

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