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.
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.