1. What are some important steps in interpreting data from high stakes assessments? In order to make assessment data useful teachers must understand what information is being reported and determine if additional information is necessary to understand student performance. Specifically, for assessment results for students with disabilities, teachers would have to identify what accommodations were being used.
The Smarter Balanced Assessment tool was put in place to see the progress of the school and the impact the teachers were having on the students. One of the main benefits is the fact that there is clear data to determine the impact the teacher is having on the student. If the teacher is doing a good job at explaining and teaching the material then the student’s scores should reflect it. The data gained from the test also helps the teachers realize what subject may be a problem area for his or her students.
The summative assessment has two parts. The first focuses on students expressing their thought process in an interview- like assessment. By doing this, students are asked to justify their thinking, convince the assessor why they are correct, and think critically about the problems given to them. This will allow the assessor to ask the question why, something a written test cannot do. Having students explain this why asks them to pull from all they learned in this past unit.
But the real question is, will we really get smarter? Smarter Balanced is basically a normal summative assessment that goes over everything we’ve learned so far. What makes it better than our regular assessments we have in school? The company of Smarter Balanced states, “Smarter Balanced is designed to measure whether underlying concepts have been taught and learned, rather than reflecting mostly test-taking skills.” SBAC is one way of making sure that we know these skills before we move on to the following grade.
(2014). Retrieved February 15, 2015, from http://www.edline.net/ResourceList.page Smarter Balanced Assessments. (n.d.). Retrieved February 15, 2015, from http://www.smarterbalanced.org/smarter-balanced-assessments/ West Virginia Department of Education. (n.d.).
In the world today these tests must exist. This is because students knowledge and rank are based off of these scores. Those few aspects do not portray everything a well rounded student should aspire to become. A well-rounded student needs to have many other commendable qualities. Therefore, teachers need to start balancing their lesson plans.
Motivation: It is widely documented that women and minorities are underrepresented in certain science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. Potential reasons include overt discrimination, a lack of mentors, and teaching practices. Improving STEM opportunities for women and minorities is vital because if they are misallocated away from STEM, society loses valuable and diverse contributions, while they end up in suboptimal careers. I propose to study how grading policies in STEM classes discourage women and minorities from further study and identify potential solutions. STEM classes tend to have difficult grading standards, and low grades in introductory courses are especially likely to discourage women and minorities from further
The post assessment will be multiple choice and will include real-world critical thinking questions. I will use the pre-assessment to gauge procedural fluency. This assessment will show me the prior knowledge the students’ already have. The post assessment will measure conceptual understanding and procedural fluency. I expect the students to have a deeper conceptual understanding after the two-week unit is
ANALYSE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ASSESSMENT METHODS IN RELATION TO MEETING THE INDIVIDUAL NEEDS OF LEARNERS. UNIT 2, 6.2 Race, P. (2009) says “we need a richer mix of high-quality assessment formats, and we also need to decrease the overall burden of assessment for ourselves and for our students. We need to measure less, but measure it better.' Using a variety of assessment methods gives students more scope to demonstrate their knowledge and skills across a range of contexts. By adopting a wider catalogue of assessments I can also help support students who may for one reason or another be underprivileged by the extensive use of particular assessment formats.
Summative Assessment: Prompts Respond to each prompt in a Google Doc. You will be handling this task in through turnitin.com. Remember to be specific, clear and detail oriented. Use the formative feedback as a guide to better your writing. Identify a theme in the story.
Its goal was to test information that was actually learned in school. It was focused on identifying strengths and weaknesses to guide student placements instead of determining cognitive reasoning strength across the board. Its section for testing were English, Math, Social Studies, and Science. Each section lasted 45 minutes and was based on a score scale on 0-36.
Vision Self-Assessment & Analysis The struggle to assess the current district I work for was evident throughout the reading and self-analysis of the vision survey assignment. There were many things I learned during the completion of the self-reflection activity. My focus will be on strengths and weaknesses of the current district I am working at with regards to the new vision for public education in Texas: district/school self-analysis survey. The article 1 new digital learning environment was a strength of our district.
However, there are various assessments that can be used and include tests for reading accuracy, fluency, and comprehension, as well and spelling and language. The results
I incorporate this learned experience daily and learn through each success and discovered area of improvement. Addressing my students needs using a variety of assessment tools has been a beneficial practice to help guide instruction. Students have different learning styles and their strengths and weaknesses are not always apparent using the same methods of assessment. Utilizing formative, standards(goal)-based, anecdotal, observational and benchmarks has driven my instructional programs. The combination of different assessments provides me with a multi-dynamic perspective of my students allowing me to better understand their strengths, weakness and academic needs.
While developing assessment instruments, instructors can include online practice tests. Online tests provide reports with data regarding specific skills to inform instruction. Students will benefit from an automatic scoring. Therefore, time is saved and grading is made easier. Instructional strategies allow students to cooperate, inquire and share through the effective use of technology.
