Assessment: What is it?
Published on Nov 24, 2015
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Assessment: What is it?
- Assessment is defined as a systematic process of collecting and interpreting information used to inform educators, students, and stakeholders.
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Balanced Assessment
- A balanced assessment system is the strategic use of assessment that informs decisions at the classroom, school, district, and state levels.
Formative Assessment
- an assessment process used by educators and students during instruction for the purposes of informing teaching and improving learning.
Interim Assessment
- used by educators periodically throughout the school year for the purposes of predicting student success, evaluating ongoing programs, and informing teaching and improving learning.
Summative Assessment
- used for the purpose of evaluating a student, program, or school success at an end point in time.
Before Assessing:
- Purpose of the assessment, including users, intent, and decisions to be influenced by the results.
- What is to be assessed, in terms of learning targets or expectations.
- The best method for conducting the assessment we have selected or developed, given the purpose and learning targets.
Before Assessing: (Continued)
- How to best communicate the assessment results and to whom.
- How to involve students in the assessment process.
Purposes and Nature:
- The size and scope of the assessment can vary along with the degree of formality.
- Three Examples are: Formative, Larger Projects(Research), Summative
- The outcomes of some assessments are more critical than others.
- This current revision of the standards is the product of a comprehensive effort to reach consensus on what constitutes sound principles that guide the fair assessment of students and foster learning in PK–12 classrooms.
Classroom Assessment Standards: Organization
- Foundations: There are six foundation standards. Based on these, the teacher selects the appropriate types and methods of classroom assessment and determines how the results of the assessment will be used.
Classroom Assessment Standards: Organization
- Use: It is important to understand what learning targets will be assessed and how achievement will be assessed given the purpose of the assessment; how the students’ responses will be analyzed; and how the results will be communicated and used. Student Involvement is key.
Classroom Assessment Standards: Organization
- Quality: There are six quality standards. Quality assessments yield results that are accurate and reliable, are free of bias, and include all students.
Scope
- The term “assessment” is used to encompass all of the strategies and techniques that a classroom teacher might use to collect information from students about their progress.
Uses for the Classroom Assessment Standards:
- Strong and continuous learning requires consistent daily attention to gather, analyze, and effectively use accurate assessment information to guide instruction leading to student learning.
- Teachers, Administrators, Staff Developers, PLCs, College Faculty, Pre-Service Teachers, Parents and Guardians
Uses for the Classroom Assessment Standards:
- HOWEVER, reliance on individual interpretation of standard statements without the support of the research-based explanations and guidelines may result in well intended but misguided applications of the standards.
- Individual standards are not equally applicable in all classroom assessment situations. Professional judgment should be used to identify which standards are most appropriate for each classroom assessment situation.
Foundations:
- Classroom assessment practices must be aligned with learning targets grounded in curriculum and expectations for individual student growth to provide accurate information about students’ strengths and areas of need, while also fostering continued learning.
- The full list of six foundation standards are listed on page 9 with research based explanations that follow.
