Teaching+Assessment



// The Power of Assessment - Dr. Richard Stiggins // // If you wish to appear accountable, test your students. // // If you wish to improve schools, teach teachers to assess their students. // // If you wish to maximize learning, teach students to assess themselves. //

Slides: [|Pre-Assessment slides]These slides list some of the many types of pre-assessments that can be used before teaching a lesson or unit. How do you assess dispositions? Here are some ideas.

Formative Assessment and Effective Feedback - This is a comprehensive set of slides that includes a pre-assessment. It is a great way to learn about this topic. A few tidbits of information.A walk-through intro to the Common Core RtII and Progress Monitoring Standards-based tests: What are they, how do you prepare students for them?

[|PSSA Test Taking Strategie]s - Excellent slides to teach students how to take tests.Just what is Summative Assessment A look at summative assessments including performance and portfolio assessments Performance Assessment and the nuts and bolts of using rubrics Many thoughts on grading students in the 21st century The history of legislation and its impact on early childhood education

Wikispace Links: Concepts of Classroom Assessment This wiki provides an indepth slide show to help you communicate with teachers about assessment. There is a link to flashcards for practice with assessment vocabulary. Very comprehensive! [|Assessment Vocabulary Web Site] This link takes you to a cool site that provides flashcards, quizzes, etc. to help you master all the vocab you need to talk the Assessment talk.

Videos: [|Common Core: Elementary School]- This 14 min. video really highlights and illustrates what the CC should look like in classrooms and how teachers are preparing to meet the rigor of the CC. [|How to Read the Common Core] - This is an excellent 14 min overview of the CC! [|Tips for Parent Conferences] - The teacher in this 12 min video is incredibly organized. She offers many excellent tips that are beyond the ordinary suggestions. Worth the view though a little long. [|Assessing students before Kindergarten]- This is an example of a Pre K screening. [|Formative Assessments -] This video demonstrates a few examples of formative assessments and explains using labels to organize information on students. [|Preschool Parent-Teacher Conference]- Watch how it's done! [|Using the Exit Ticket to form instruction] 2 min. Excellent example! [|Ideas for good closures for your lesson] 4 min. This teacher in this video is obviously British, so some of the terms may be unfamiliar, but the last part of the video provides numerous excellent thought provoking suggestion for wrapping up (closing) a lesson. [|Observation: The Heart of Authentic Assessment]- This link will take you to videos, a ppt, and a manual to provide practice in observing. [|Talking About Test Taking]- This is a video of a 3rd or 4th grade classroom. The teacher is reviewing how to use strategies they know when taking tests. You will need a user ID and password for Choice Literacy to view this video.

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