Assessment

Students will be accessing more and more online assessments.

• See these tools for access to tools for building students’ understanding of the skills for online assessments.
• See list of tools for providing online assessments for students.
• See Google Form templates for quick formative assessments to use with students. (Note: Make a copy of the form to edit your own.)

Provide students supports in the completion of assessments.

• Provide students with extended time to complete assessments.
• Provide for multiple means of expression when possible. See strategies for ideas.
• Support students in accessing after or before school teacher help.
• Clarify directions. Ask students to annotate directions, writing prompts, and test questions.
• Provide for short breaks during assessment.

Allow opportunities for student revision and retakes of assessment.

• See link for MHS policy for revision/retake.
• See link for MVMMS policy for revision/retake.

Provide opportunities for student self-assessment of their learning.

• Provide opportunities for self-reflection and goal setting including their own strengths.
• Have students develop short term goals for each unit.
• Incorporate the use of visual thinking routines to provide students opportunities for self-reflection.

Support the creation of digital portfolios with students to support their understanding of learning over time and growth toward specific competencies/standards.

• See link for resources to support digital portfolios.

Support student's development of study skills.

• Post classrooms presentation, notes, and materials using Google Apps for Educations including Google Classroom.
• Provide access to copies of classroom notes.
• Provide direct instruction in taking notes, i.e. using two column note format.

Assign peer mentor in classroom.

Provide opportunities for multiple formative assessments before a summative assessment.

• Use formative assessment to support students identifying areas of need including set of goals. Set short goals with students based upon formative assessment.
• Incorporate use of technology for short formative assessments such as Socrative, Kahoot, Plickers, and Quizlet.
• See video example of how exit tickets can support student formative assessment.

Provide clear criteria for success on assessments to support the identification of needed strategies.

• Provide student single point rubric to clearly identify criteria for success.
• Review standards/criteria for success several times during the unit.