Middle School Experience Sessions
Making Science Assessment Meaningful in Middle School
Making Science Assessment Meaningful in Middle School
Explore formative assessment practices that inform instruction and support learners to expand meaningful opportunities to learn science. Participants will build a shared understanding of features of equitable NGSS assessment, analyze students' ideas using an asset-based lens, and identify ways assessments and assessment practices can support equitable teaching and learning.
Assessing in Multiple Dimension in Middle School
Assessing in Multiple Dimension in Middle School
In this session, participants use a graphic organizer tool to analyze assessments to determine whether they are 1, 2, or 3-dimensional. They then compare them, focusing on two non-negotiable aspects of the assessments: how they support equitable learning and how they support sense-making.