Purpose of Assessment

Description

We’re setting the stage for our Assessment Methods series with an analysis of the definition and purpose of assessment. After an odd-but-hopefully-insightful potty-training analogy, each host shares a different model for what assessment means: A hamburger, the latin roots of the word, and a three-legged stool. The group then chats about what these models reveal about assessment.

References

• Chen, M. (2007, February 02). Assessment: Time to Put It in Context. Retrieved from https://www.edutopia.org/time-put-assessment-context

• Drost, B. (2016, October 15). Sitting Beside the Learner: The 'Me' in Assessments. Retrieved from https://achievethecore.org/aligned/sitting-beside-the-learner-the-me-in-assessments/

• Torres, C. (2019). Assessment as an Act of Love. ASCD, 61(1), 2nd ser. Retrieved from http://www.ascd.org/publications/newsletters/education-update/feb19/vol61/num02/Assessment-as-an-Act-of-Love.aspx

Resources

• Data Lit Learning Central Course for WCPSS staff

• Assessment Literacy Learning Central Course for WCPSS staff

• To request professional learning from DRA, check out this form.