How to remove barriers to learning:
Use graphic organizers like concept maps
Include special education teachers and leaders in the planning and assessment process
understand student's individualized assessment needsĀ
ensure all students, including those with cognitive disabilities or English language learners with disabilities, participate in assessments
use technology resources to increase access to all students
provide learning environments with equal access to learning and that utilize the general curriculum
Commit to assessment literacy with the knowledge of
the means for assessing diverse students
accurate interpretation of the results of assessment
application of assessment results as a means to improve student learning
have an intentional purpose for collecting data that aligns with your vision
consider alternate methods of displaying student learning or mastery
have appropriate means and measures for collecting data
Assessments can be:
summative
formative
authentic
usually the more formal assessments are chosen in higher stakes circumstances
children learn best when...
and human development and learning are characterized by individual variation.