Pre-Assessment Research & Successes Rubric Tools and Ideas Formative Assessment Data Collection Summative Assessment ...to Raise the Bar and
Close the GapPre-Assessment (Examples and Ideas)
Simply put, teachers pre-assess students before beginning units to determine what they already know and are able to do. Instruction may be amended, enhanced, and differentiated in response to the results of the pre-assessment.
Merits of Assessment
Samples
Testing Pros and Cons
SCANS Pre-assessment
Pre-Internet Project
Fantasy Baseball with Lesson
P.E. (3-5)-Can Be Adapted
Risk (water pollution)
AP Physics
Microsoft Excel
PowerPoint
Phases of the Moon
French
Advanced Writing
MCPS Science
Graphic Organizers
Lesson Planning Forms
Formative Assessment (Examples and Ideas)
Simply put, just because it's taught doesn't mean it's learned and understood. Teachers must use formative assessment throughout units of study to determine how well students are understanding and learning what is being taught; this assessment can be compared to a traffic signal. Some students are green and can go on; yellow can proceed but with caution and care; while red is standing still and needs some re-teaching and remediation.
A Crucial Tool
Research Paper
Main Idea Lesson with Organizer
Endorsing Formative Assessment
Why Formative Assessment?
Summative Assessment (Examples and Ideas)
Simply put, the summative assessment evaluates how well a student has mastered the content and objectives of the unit. Sometimes it takes the form of a performance assessment where the student applies the mastered information to a new situation.
Physics
Bird Survival
Respect for the Earth
Web of Life
Graduation Exam (multi-subject)
Group Assessment
rubrics (Examples and Ideas)
Simply put, rubrics are instructional and evaluative. They should be given to students before they begin an assignment; they should be presented with exemplars. Expectations should not be mysteries.
Customize Your Rubrics
Rubric Templates
Group Presentations
Bulletin Board Display
Business Letter
Editorial
Multi-Media Presentation
Newspaper Article
Oral Report with Visuals
Web Page Design
Poster
Scrapbook
Skit
Slide Show/Photo Essay
Video
Audio
Graphic Organizer
Group Work
I-Search/Research (student)
I-Search/Research (teacher)
Non-Fiction Writing
Locating Information
Analyzing Information
Place Value
Problem of the Week (math)
Responding to Literature
Six Traits Writing
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data collection tools (Examples and Ideas)
Simply put, teachers are master record keepers and evaluators. This is a more focused examination of student progress that has important instructional implications.
Individual Example
Parent Report Example
Classroom Example
Collection Tools
Across Grade Level
Data Driven Decision Making
Research
Middle School Science
Why Use Rubrics? (with examples)
Closing the Achievement Gap
Standard Based Report Cards
Rubrics in Writing
Backward Design (short version)
The future is not a result of choices among alternative paths offered by the present, but a place that is created--created first in the mind and will, created next in activity. The future is not some place we are going to, but one we are creating. The paths are not to be found, but made, and the activity of making them, changes both the maker and the destination. -John Schaar
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