Steps toEffective Assessment

DuKane Institute

February 26, 2010

Linda Diekman

LRC Director, Glenview SD#34

ldiekman@glenview34.org

Workshop Goals

During today's workshop, you will

Think about how you add value.

Learn steps to begin integrating assessment into your lessons.

Look at examples of assessment tools.

Consider how to include assessment in one of your lessons.

“The strong voice of the profession has to tell the story of how an effective

school library makes a difference to learning outcomes of students.  This is

not just other libraries, but YOUR school library as well. 

How does your school library make a difference to student learning?”

   

Source: Todd, Ross J. "School Libraries & Evidence: Seize the Day, Begin the Future." Library Media Connection 22.1 (Aug. 2003): 12-18.

How Do You Add Value?

Value =

Access + IMPACT

How Do You Add Value?

Access– To materials– To space– To technology

How Do You Add Value?

Impact– Teaching time– Teaching time on curriculum based projects– Incorporate assessment to show

effectiveness and inform instruction– Increase collaboration to include more

teams/ teachers

Steps to Effective Assessment

Summative or Formative?

“Even though assessments will continue to be labeled formative or summative, how the results are used is what determines whether the assessment is formative or summative.” 

Source: Chappuis, Stephen, and Jan Chappuis. "The Best Value in Formative Assessment." Educational Leadership 65.4 (Dec.-Jan. 2008): 14-18, p.15

Steps to Effective Assessment

Step 1: Determine school goals and priorities

Step 2: Determine the library's contribution to the goals.

Step 3: Identify specific learning targets. (what am I hoping students learn)

Step 4: Establish criteria to measure student achievement of the learning targets. (what do I want to measure)

Step 5: Devise assessment tools. (how do I measure)

Step 6: Collect and analyze the data.

Step 7: Communicate the results to different stakeholder groups. (share)

Source: Harada, Violet H., and Joan M. Yoshina. Assessing Learning: Librarians and Teachers as Partners. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited, 2005.

Steps to Effective Assessment

District 34 MissionRecognizing the needs of each child and believing all children can learn, the mission of Glenview School District 34 is to empower children to be responsible learners and decision makers in a changing society.

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Step 1: Determine school goals and priorities

Steps to Effective Assessment

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SIP Goals-To increase the percentage of students meeting their growth targets on NWEA in the area of reading to 70%, and to have 80% of the students at each grade level perform at or above the 50th percentile on AIMSWEB Reading CBM.

-To maintain the percentage of students meeting growth targets on NWEA in the area of language usage to 70%.

Steps to Effective Assessment

Step 2: Determine the library’s contribution to the goals.Impact student reading performance in support of SIP goals

How: Implementation of Top 20 List and Great Gator Reading Programs

Measure: Student participation and completion data

Objective: 50% of students participating in one or both programs with 10% of students reading 35 books or completing the Top 20 list.

Example: Illinois State Learning Standards– 5A2b - Organize and integrate information from a variety of source– 5B2a - Determine the accuracy, currency, and reliability of materials from a variety of sources– 5B2b - Cite sources used 

Correlate with AASL/I-Sail Standards

Steps to Effective Assessment

Step 3: Identify specific learning targets. (what will students learn)

Example:– Students will be able to identify key information in text in order to

take notes for this project. – Students will be able to restate key information in own words in

phrase format in order to take notes for this project.– Students will be able to use note-taking sheets recording one fact

per section. – Students will be able to cross-reference bibliography information in

order to correctly cite sources for this project.

Steps to Effective Assessment

Step 3: Identify specific learning targets. (what will students learn)

Steps to Effective Assessment

Step 4: Establish criteria to measure student achievement of the learning targets. (what do I want to measure)

Example:– One Per Section (use of note cards)– “Short & Sweet” (notes as “phrases”)– Meaningful to Me (notes in own words)– From a Reliable Source (citation)

Steps to Effective Assessment

Step 5: Devise assessment tools. (how do I measure)

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Steps to Effective Assessment

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Step 6: Collect and analyze the data.

Step 7: Communicate the results to different stakeholder groups. (share)

Source: Harada, Violet H., and Joan M. Yoshina. Assessing Learning: Librarians and Teachers as Partners. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited, 2005.

Evidence CycleAdapted from model developed in Illinois Here’s the Evidence Grant

STUDENT

STAKEHOLDERS

Collaboration AssessmentDesired

OutcomesAssessment

ResultsActionPlan

MessageDevelopment

SIP

MissionStatements

Test Scores

Standards

ClassroomTeacher

+Teacher-Librarian

FeedbackReflection &

Retooling

SharingThe

Evidence

Words of Advice

Remember, we’ve been "doing" assessment all along. Burch Start small, start friendly. Diekman 

Better to adopt less-than-perfect formative assessment than none at all. Popham