Assessment

In an Online Classroom

"When the cooks tastes the soup that is formative assessment; when the guests taste the soup that is summative assessment."

- Robert E. Stake

Ideas To Consider

Key Takeaways

Formative should be 90-95% of your assessment while summative/reporting should be 5-10%
- - Formative and summative can be similar; the distinction lies in how the resulting data is used
Do not assess everything! Choose wisely
Remote assessment takes more time - quality over quantity
Consider synchronous vs asynchronous activities
Assessment should be a combination of products, observation, and conversation - all can be done in an online environment

Formative Assessment

Always start with a set of clearly defined learning outcomes
What does data collection look like?
What can students do?
How will students demonstrate their learning?
- - Consider measuring, documenting and interpreting behaviours that demonstrate learning
What activities will help them understand their work?

Emojis, online exit tickets, polls, photos and videos

Formative Assessment Takeaways (K-9)

Feedback

All feedback should provide a specific and focused impact on student learning
Feedback needs to be followed by an opportunity to do it over.. .without that opportunity to grow, it's not really feedback, it's a comment. - The Infused Classroom
Consider who is providing the feedback - teachers and/or peers.
Take the time to teach your students 'how' to give feedback
Great feedback should prompt students to reflect on their work
Students should be reflecting on their work too - they should be telling you the feedback
Given throughout the work students are doing, NOT at the end. Do not make students do the work twice!
Great feedback tools include Flipgrid, Google Forms, Google Classroom, Jambaord, check-ins, conferences, audio comments, one on one meetings, breakout rooms and so much more

Videos providing feedback

Summative Assessment

Assessment is an act of interpretation, not just measurement. - The Manifesto for Teaching Online

Summative assessment in an online environment should focus on authentic, creation-based activities that allow students to show what they have learned
Creating rubrics and criteria with students builds student voice into your assessment and allows students to take ownership of the learning
Always remember less is more! Online assessment takes more time than in-person assessment.
A few examples of summative assessment include: ePortfolios, choice boards, performance tasks & projects

CCSD Teacher Created Choiceboards

AAC Performance Tasks

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