Week 5 GO & A Quiz

Assessments are the foundation of education because....

• they provide insight on students' abilities.

• they provide insight on the quality of education schools provide.

• they are always hard which helps pick out the smart children from the not so smart children.

• I don't know.

High Stakes tests usually measure team work and collaboration.

• True

• False

One of the tips for meaningful feedback was to call home and talk to the child's parents about their assessment.

• Yup

• Nope

Which is the BEST example of specific feedback?

• "You did a good job Jackson!"

• " Emmy you got 8/9 math problems correct. That is awesome! I love how you wrote out equations and used your calculator to help you. You are doing so well that I bet we can set a new goal.....""

• "Toni you used a good strategy by drawing a picture to help you with your math problem!"

• " Dante you did not so great on the vocabulary test. You only got 2 out of 10 words right. Here's a sticker bud. We'll do better next time."

True or False: Assessments should be conducted in an ongoing manner

• True

• False

Assessments have many barriers, what should you do about these barriers?

• Find an assessment with less barriers

• Remove the barriers by identifying what skills are being measured by the assessment

• Help your student overcome the barriers by providing them with practice problems

How can you align assessments to learning goals? Select all that apply.

• Have clean goals/objectives

• Create new goals based on the assessment

• Consider if there are other skills being measured that just the learning goals

• You can't align assessments to learning goals

What is true about authentic opportunities for assessment? Select all that apply.

• They can be overwhelming and confusing for students.

• They help students understand the what, how, and why of learning.

• They help students understand the relevance to the content.

True or False: All students must be assessed using the same medium and method.

• True

• False

Meaningful feedback enhances...

• learning

• achievement

• memory