Assessment and Instruction

Assessment helps teachers make instruction decisions

• Before beginning teaching

• During teaching

• After a teaching segment

• All of the above

On my assessments, the standard being assessed is identified for each item.

• Yes

• No

Each lesson has the standards or learning targets clearly identified for students.

• Yes

• No

A lesson's introduction (anticipatory set) should be....

• thorough so students understand what to do.

• a quiet presentation.

• brief.

• brief and attention getting.

A lesson's closing (evaluation) provides the teacher an opportunity to...

• reinforce the lesson.

• quiet the students.

• teach the lesson one more time.

• assess the students' learning.

• All of the above

Assessment means

• a systematic procedure for observing and describing one or more characteristics of a student using either a numerical scale or a classification scheme.

• the process for obtaining information for making decisions about student.

• a procedure for assigning a score to a specific attribute or characteristic of a person

• a process of making a value judgment about the worth of a student's performance.

Why is formative assessment important? 

• It is used to guide instruction
• Adds a grade to the gradebook
• Tells teachers who their advanced learners are
• Shows administration evidence of teacher planning

Which of the following is NOT a typical example of formative assessment?

• K-W-L
• Teacher Questioning in class
• Thumbs up
• Unit Test

Formative assessments should not be linked to the learning intent.

• True
• False

Measurement means

• a systematic procedure for observing and describing one or more characteristics of a student using either a numerical scale or a classification scheme.

• the process for obtaining information for making decisions about student.

• a procedure for assigning a score to a specific attribute or characteristic of a person

• a process of making a value judgment about the worth of a student's performance.