the four purposes of assessment
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Peter Liljedahl. The four purposes of assessment. www.peterliljedahl.com /presentations. Traditional Assessment Practices. agriculture - early educational research psychometrics – IQ testing fear – of parents (and administrators) ranking – sorting students from best to worst. Purpose 1 . - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
THE FOUR PURPOSES OF ASSESSMENT
Peter Liljedahl
www.peterliljedahl.com/presentations
Traditional Assessment Practices agriculture - early educational research psychometrics – IQ testing fear – of parents (and administrators) ranking – sorting students from best to
worst
Purpose 1
The purpose of assessment is NOT to rank students!
DISCUSS
ACTIVITY
What qualities do students need in order to be successful at this (or a similar) activity? List all of them! Circle the THREE that you see as most
valuable!
Most VALUABLE qualities1. persistence / perseverance2. thinking3. group work / collaboration4. interest / curiosity5. risk taking
working to completion establishing certainty for themselves
Purpose 2
EVALUATE that which is VALUABLE!
DISCUSS
BREAK
Navigation - metaphorNavigation requires knowledge of: where you are! where you are going!
What are the implications on teaching and learning?
Purpose 3
The PRIMARY purpose of assessment is communication for navigation!
Purpose 4Reporting out on student progress!
Purpose 4
Reporting out on student progress!
Communication for NavigationTwo example:1. performance rubrics2. feedback – the story of Linda
Many more examples:3. homework4. journals5. retests6. review / test prep7. etc.
Performance Rubrics
• strands• discrete performance categories• descriptive language
• BE CAREFUL!
Evolution of a Rubric
Evolution of a Rubric
Evolution of a Rubric
Evolution of a Rubric
Working to Completion
Communicating Certainty
TRY IT create one self-assess
Using Rubrics
surprising results self assessment peer assessment exemplars clothes line assessment AS learning
Feedback – the story of Linda read it discuss it answer any question(s)
DISCUSS
LUNCH
ACTIVITY
Purpose 4
Reporting out on student progress!
ScenarioIt is the end of Term 1 and a student who received a B on their report card comes to see you. His question for you is – what content did I fail to master? His question is motivated by the fact that he wants to make sure he knows it for the year end exam. So, you look in YOUR markbook. Based on what is in YOUR markbook, what can you tell him?
Markbooks & Reporting Out
Two paradigms:1. collecting points2. collecting data
Collecting PointsHW#1 HW#2 Quiz#1 HW #3 Quiz#2 Test
Out of 10 10 20 10 20 40
Andrew 6 8 12 4 16 30
Brian 10 10 19 10 18 35
Charlie 9 8 20 0 19 38
Deanna 0 0 5 0 10 22
Elaine 6 9 15 6 12 28
Francis 0 10 20 10 20 38
Grant 9 8 17 8 15 40
Hugh 5 4 4 4 5 15
Collecting Data – one example
Andrew HW#1 IA#2 Quiz#1 HW #3 Quiz#2 TestLO #1 ws LO #2 ws LO #3 ☼ ws LO #4 - ☼ ☼ LO #5 - - - ☼ ☼
PG #1 - 3 - - - -
PG #2 - - - 1 - 3
PG #3 - - 2 - - -
DISCUSS
Webinars
November 23 – rubrics and feedback December 14 – gathering data
PLAN
www.peterliljedahl.com/presentations