Intro to Assessment Final

Question 1

Steps to Create a Rubric

Answer 1

1. Identify the standards and criteria.
2. Determine the number of levels.
3. Describe the levels of achievement.
4. Revise the language to better reflect the qualities of student work.

Question 2

What is motivation?

Answer 2

Grades can motivate successful students, but they break down confidence and hope in struggling students.
Students are motivated when they feel confident that their effort and hard work will equate to success.

Question 3

What is descriptive feedback?

Answer 3

Be descriptive
Be purposeful
Begin with a strength statement
Build in time and learning
Less is more
Focus on one or two areas of learning goals or criteria.
Prompt students to action

Question 4

What is personal feedback?

Answer 4

Least likely to connect learning to student performance.

Question 5

What is task or product feedback?

Answer 5

How to make a specific task better or fix a mistake.

Question 6

What is Process Feedback?

Answer 6

Comments address the process.

Question 7

What is Feedback to Self?

Answer 7

Helps students self-assess.

Question 8

What is the difference in the Tiers of Intervention?

Answer 8

(RTI) Response to Intervention
Tier 1: core instruction- all students receive support.
Tier 2: This can be done inside or outside the classroom.
Tier 3: Most Intensive.

Question 9

What is the purpose of common assessment work in the professional learning community process? How does collaboration support the work?

Answer 9

The purpose of common assessment work within a Professional Learning Community (PLC) is to collaboratively create and utilize assessments that allow teachers to compare student data across classrooms, identify areas where students need additional support, and collectively refine instruction to better meet the needs of all learners by analyzing the results and sharing best practices to improve student learning outcomes across the team.

Question 10

Design in 5 - Phase One

Answer 10

choose the standards
plan engagement

Question 11

Design in 5 - Phase Two

Answer 11

analyze the standards
sketch out the learning goals

Question 12

Design in 5 - Phase Three

Answer 12

Identify the learning goals for the assessment.
Choose the method of assessment.
Determine the weight and number of items for each learning goal.

Question 13

Design in 5 - Phase Four

Answer 13

Create or revise assessments and tasks for each learning goal.
Develop student documents and gather necessary materials.

Question 14

Design in 5 - Phase Five

Answer 14

Create a scoring scheme that reflects the learning.
Choose strategies to foster student investments.