assessment for learning: session 1

ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING

Part 1: August 16, 2010

Monday, August 16, 2010

BASEBALL PARTNERS FOR REVIEW AND DISCUSSION

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INSIDE THE BLACK BOXRaising Standards Through Classroom Assessment

by Paul Black and Dylan Wiliam

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A Synthesis of Research on the Effects of Formative

Assessment


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http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/assessment/files/2009/02/blackbox_article.pdf




FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT

All those activities undertaken by teachers and by their students [that] provide information to be used as FEEDBACK to modify the teaching and learning activities in which they are engaged.

--Black & Wiliam, 1998


Research consistently shows that regular, high-quality FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT increases student

achievement.


Read through the excerpt from “Inside the Black Box.”

Note the 3-5 most important points to you. (5 minutes)

Share with __ Base Partner, then group of 2 or 3 others at your table. (5 minutes)

REVIEW AND DISCUSS

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ACCORDING TO THE BLACK & WILIAM ARTICLE:

Which formative assessment practices are ESSENTIAL to improved student

achievement?


BLACK & WILIAM SYNTHESIS OF RESEARCH:

1. Does better FORMATIVE assessment = higher learning?

2.Does formative assessment need improving?

3.What improvement is needed?


BLACK & WILIAM RESEARCH ON EFFECTS OF FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT:

.4 TO .7 GAIN

.7 Standard Deviation Score Gain =

25 Percentile Points on ITBS (middle of score range)

70 SAT Score Points

4 ACT Score Points

Largest Gain for Low Achievers


RECOMMENDED PRACTICES

Increased descriptive feedback, reduced evaluative feedback

Increased student self-assessment

Increased opportunities for students to communicate their evolving learning during the teaching


KEY 1: CLEAR PURPOSE AND

KEY 5: STUDENT INVOLVEMENT

What does Assessment FOR Learning look like?

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What formative assessment practices are you familiar with?

With your ___ Base Partner, list all you can think of that you have seen, done or read about.

Consider both teachers and students as decision-makers





Know what high quality work looks like

Be able to objectively compare their work to the standard

Have a store of tactics to make work better based on their observations

--Royce Sadler, 1989

A key premise is that for students to be able to improve, they must

have the capacity to monitor the quality of their own work during

actual production. This in turn requires that students:


ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING MEETS STUDENTS’ INFORMATION NEEDS:

Where am I going?

Where am I now?

How can I close the gap?


Where am I going?

1. Provide a clear statement of the learning target.

2.Use examples and models

Where am I now?

3.Offer regular descriptive feedback

4.Teach students to self-assess and set goals


5. Design focused lessons

6.Teach students focused revision

7. Engage students in self-reflection; let them keep track of and share their learning.

ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING STRATEGIES


ACTIVITY DIRECTIONS:

Assign one of the seven strategies to each person at your table.

Appoint a table monitor to pay attention to time.

Read the explanation of your assigned strategy.

Be ready to explain the key idea of your strategy and how it addresses Sadler’s key question.

Share your explanation with your table.

Note ideas that are familiar and ideas that are new to you


FIND YOUR __ BASE PARTNER AND DISCUSS:

An idea from the Seven Strategies that IS NOT NEW to you

An idea from the Seven Strategies that IS NEW to you





Where am I going?

1. Provide a clear statement of the learning target.

2.Use examples and models

Where am I now?

3.Offer regular descriptive feedback

4.Teach students to self-assess and set goals


5. Design focused lessons

6.Teach students focused revision

7. Engage students in self-reflection; let them keep track of and share their learning.

ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING STRATEGIES


New Idea:

Formative assessment can and should be done

BY STUDENTS

as well as by teachers. The key to improvement is

how students and teachers use assessment information.


Assessment for Learning:

The ultimate user of formative assessment information is the

student.


WORK CITED

Black, Paul, and Dylan Wiliam. "Inside the Black Box: Raising Standards Through Classroom Assessment." Phi Delta Kappan 80.2 (1998): 139-148. Web. 16 Aug 2010. <http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/assessment/files/2009/02/blackbox_article.pdf>.

Chappuis, Jan. Seven Strategies for Learning. 1st ed. Portland, OR: Educational Testing Service, 2009. 3-14. Print.




