EDC353 week 4, 5, 6

Instructional assessment is NOT a process of figuring out...?

• What children already know and are able to do

• What grades to give each student

• Monitor their progress over time

• What they are expected to be learning next

Instructional assessment is collected frequently to inform instructional decisions.

• True

• False

What is one type of assessment?

What is a feature of meaningful data?

• It is directly related to what we want the students to demonstrate

• Brief or vague

• Isn't directly related to how we will teach them

• It focuses only on what can be counted

why must the teacher know where their students are functioning? Pick all the right answers

• Organize and plan classroom activities

• Generalize teaching and learning

• Provide activity enhancement for learners functioning above the skill level

• provide developmentally appropriate activities for each child

How can self-assessment empower learners?

• Encourages students to take responsibility for their learning

• Lower expectations

• Increases interest and motivation level of students

• Help them understand their strengths and weaknesses

What is NOT a result of peer-assessment?

• Empowers students students to take responsibility

• Helps students become more accepting of constructive criticism

• Encourages students to collaborate with one another

• Can be divisive; separates emerging level students from master level students

How can feedforward help students?

• Finds solutions to their issues

• Clarifies the expectations and standards that they should try to meet

• Helps them pinpoint what the problem is, and work on it

• All of the above

What are the challenges for data interpretation?

• Teachers could be lacking in experience; new teachers

• Poor quality data

• Lack of resources

• All of the above