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Assessment Strategies
Visual Tools
EDUC 4454
P/J Methods
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Assessment includes a wide variety of tools & strategies
.... depending on the nature of the task
that are chosen selectively & purposefully
... depending on the amount & type of information required
This could include:Rubrics TestsObservation surveys ChecklistsExemplars Rating scalesRunning records Samples of writing/workStudents records of their Direct Observation
independent learning InterviewsPortfolios Oral reports
Anecdotal records Research projectsConferences Performance tasks
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Assessment Tools Tools are what a teacher uses to record
and/or categorize his or herobservations/assessment data gatheredthrough the use of various strategies
Tools should provide a clear picture of
what the learning should look like (e.g.criteria & indicators)
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Types of Assessment Tools
Anecdotal Records Checklists
Rating scales
Rubrics
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Anecdotal records should be
used: To make observations which often cannot easily be
obtained using other assessment strategies
To provide a rich portrait of individual students To have written evidence of student progress,
interests, strengths, and areas of needs
To build an ongoing information file on each student
To serve as the main assessment tool for primarystudents
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Rating Scales Assess performance on a several-point scale ranging
from low to high, which may have as few as 3 points
or as many as 10. Rating scales may be used to record the frequency or
even the degree to which a student exhibits acharacteristic, to describe a performance along acontinuum or to record a range of achievement in
relation to specific behaviours.
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Rating scales can be used: To assess a single performance, such as an oral
retelling or a readers theatre presentation
To judge the quality of a performance To provide diagnostic information
To assess the extent to which specific skills, facts,attitudes and/or behaviours are observed in a
students work or performance
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Checklists Provide a record of the presence or absence of
taught/acquired concept, skill, process or attitude
Provide a list of criteria to be looked for and assessedin the completion of a task
Include a teacher-made list based on content and/orprocesses related to knowledge, skills, and/orattitudes
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Checklists should be used: To judge the process or product of a
students performance when it can beassessed as correct/incorrect;present/absent; adequate/inadequate
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Rubrics Include a description of specific, observable criteria
in the four categories of knowledge & skills
Use a range of levels of quality used to assessstudent work
Include a scale which uses brief statements based oncriteria to describe the levels of achievement
Assess a wide variety of tasks or activities bothholistically & analytically
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Rubrics should be used: When teachers want to assess complex tasks in a
detailed & specific manner linked to the categories on
the achievement chart of the curriculum documents
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Assessment Strategies Strategies are the means by which a teacher
assesses student progress
Teacher must consider whether the strategywill allow for the demonstration of theidentified expectations or behaviours
Strategies provide specific ways for studentsto demonstrate their learning. Students can:
SAY WRITE DO
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Tracking Sheets
A method of monitoring (keeping track)student movement through learning centres
or stations Serve as a record of what the student has
accomplished
Can be used for assessment
Refer to Creating the Dynamic Classroom
pp. 82-89
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Self - Assessment
the process by which students gatherinformation about and reflect on their own
learning
involves such
questions as:
involves
meta-cognition
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Peer Assessment:
A reflective activity that requires students,individually or as a group to reflect upon and
make observations about the performance of one or more peers
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Quizzes & Tests:
Assessment strategies that require studentsto respond to prompts in order to
demonstrate their knowledge or skills
Oral ,Written, or Performance
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A well developed teacher test is based on:
instructioncourse content
the skill and concepts in the unit of study
Ensure that the tasks allow students todemonstrate their knowledge, skills andattitudes.
Modify or develop alternative tasks for studentswith special needs.