Differentiated Assessment

Differentiated 

Assessment

Colodeeva Liliana

Cahul State University

Outline

• Differentiated Assessment

• Assessment Methods

• Assessment Cycle

• Feedback and Rubrics

Why Differentiated Assessment?

The biggest mistake of past centuries in teaching has been to treat all children as if they are variants of the same individual, and thus to feel justified in teaching them the same subjects in the same ways.

Howard Gardner

Open Ended

Why is Assessment important?

Open Ended

Do grades fully reflect the students' performances?

Open Ended

What is more important for students' improvement, to get a grade or get feedback?

Differentiated Assessment

• referring to more than just grades

• making it part of curriculum planning

• using various methods of assessment

Assessment Methods: Tips

• Teacher Assessment

• Peer Assessment

• Self Assessment

Assessment Cycle

• design and construction

• conducting

• grading and feedback

• analysis and evaluation

• vision

Open Ended

What is the role of Feedback?

The value of meaningful feedback

• Inspires confidence and motivation

• Promotes self-awareness

• Encourages learner autonomy

• Improves learner performance

How to use rubrics to provide feedback and grading?

• Holistic Rubrics

• Analytic Rubrics

• Single Point Rubric

Websites with examples of rubrics

• Rubrics on Rcampus

• Rubric bank from the University of Hawaii

• Rubric bank from Santa Clara University