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Your go-to guide for using classroom assessment as a teaching and learning tool! Using seven strategies of assessment for learning and five keys of quality assessment as a foundation, this book presents a model that focuses on assessment to help students understand their progress on their learning journey and the next steps needed to get there. Full of high-impact classroom practices, this book also offers: • Clear and relevant examples of assessment for learning strategies in specific subject matter contexts • Visual learning progressions for use in a self-assessment checklist and professional development • Additional material and examples on an author-created website
Assessing Student Growth and Teacher Effectiveness
Assessing Student Growth and Teacher Effectiveness
Figure 12.1 • Foundational Skills for Sound Assessment of Student Growth and Proficiency
Key Takeaways
The first step in developing sound assessments for purposes of demonstrating student growth and/or proficiency is to carefully consider what is most essential for students to know and be able to do as a result of the particular course of study. Educators should focus upon enduring understandings (big ideas), transformational goals, and standards of priority—those standards necessary for students to be successful at the next level of their educational journey or outside our school walls.
Developing the rubric and scoring criteria with clearly defined levels of student performance is essential to the process.
Keys for creating high-quality ...
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