Class22 Assessment Strategies Tools 2

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Assessment Strategies

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EDUC 4454

P/J Methods





Assessment includes a wide variety of tools & strategies

.... depending on the nature of the task

that are chosen selectively & purposefully

... depending on the amount & type of information required

This could include:Rubrics TestsObservation surveys ChecklistsExemplars Rating scalesRunning records Samples of writing/workStudents records of their Direct Observation

independent learning InterviewsPortfolios Oral reports

Anecdotal records Research projectsConferences Performance tasks



Assessment Tools Tools are what a teacher uses to record

and/or categorize his or herobservations/assessment data gatheredthrough the use of various strategies

Tools should provide a clear picture of

what the learning should look like (e.g.criteria & indicators)



Types of Assessment Tools

Anecdotal Records Checklists

Rating scales

Rubrics





Anecdotal records should be

used: To make observations which often cannot easily be

obtained using other assessment strategies

To provide a rich portrait of individual students To have written evidence of student progress,

interests, strengths, and areas of needs

To build an ongoing information file on each student

To serve as the main assessment tool for primarystudents



Rating Scales Assess performance on a several-point scale ranging

from low to high, which may have as few as 3 points

or as many as 10. Rating scales may be used to record the frequency or

even the degree to which a student exhibits acharacteristic, to describe a performance along acontinuum or to record a range of achievement in

relation to specific behaviours.



Rating scales can be used: To assess a single performance, such as an oral

retelling or a readers theatre presentation

To judge the quality of a performance To provide diagnostic information

To assess the extent to which specific skills, facts,attitudes and/or behaviours are observed in a

students work or performance



Checklists Provide a record of the presence or absence of

taught/acquired concept, skill, process or attitude

Provide a list of criteria to be looked for and assessedin the completion of a task

Include a teacher-made list based on content and/orprocesses related to knowledge, skills, and/orattitudes



Checklists should be used: To judge the process or product of a

students performance when it can beassessed as correct/incorrect;present/absent; adequate/inadequate



Rubrics Include a description of specific, observable criteria

in the four categories of knowledge & skills

Use a range of levels of quality used to assessstudent work

Include a scale which uses brief statements based oncriteria to describe the levels of achievement

Assess a wide variety of tasks or activities bothholistically & analytically



Rubrics should be used: When teachers want to assess complex tasks in a

detailed & specific manner linked to the categories on

the achievement chart of the curriculum documents





Assessment Strategies Strategies are the means by which a teacher

assesses student progress

Teacher must consider whether the strategywill allow for the demonstration of theidentified expectations or behaviours

Strategies provide specific ways for studentsto demonstrate their learning. Students can:

SAY WRITE DO



Tracking Sheets

A method of monitoring (keeping track)student movement through learning centres

or stations Serve as a record of what the student has

accomplished

Can be used for assessment

Refer to Creating the Dynamic Classroom

pp. 82-89



Self - Assessment

the process by which students gatherinformation about and reflect on their own

learning

involves such

questions as:

involves

meta-cognition



Peer Assessment:

A reflective activity that requires students,individually or as a group to reflect upon and

make observations about the performance of one or more peers







Quizzes & Tests:

Assessment strategies that require studentsto respond to prompts in order to

demonstrate their knowledge or skills

Oral ,Written, or Performance



A well developed teacher test is based on:

instructioncourse content

the skill and concepts in the unit of study

Ensure that the tasks allow students todemonstrate their knowledge, skills andattitudes.

Modify or develop alternative tasks for studentswith special needs.

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