Assessing Student Learning

 

Assessment Tutorial

Teaching Assets:

Series of visuals

Student Packet I

Student Packet II

Practice Problems

Classroom PowerPoint

 

What is assessment?
A definition of assessment.

What types of assessment are used in the classroom?
Comparison of types of assessment.

How are assessments used?
List of different purposes or uses of assessment.

What are characteristics of good classroom assessment?
Description of characteristics of good assessment.

Can you identify ways to improve paper-pencil test items? (ppt)
Group activity testing your ability to identify and fix flaws in test items.

What role does assessment play in curriculum & lesson design?
A description of backward design by Wiggins & McTighe (1998) in their book, Understanding by Design.

How do you establish curricular priorities?
More ideas from Wiggins & McTighe.

How do you plan assessments?
Suggestions from Wiggins & McTighe