Orientation to assessment

How do teachers use assessment? Select all the options that may apply:

• To determine the readiness of students for learning in any given class

• To make decisions

  regarding determination and assignment of grades

• To interpret assessment data within the context of diversity,

  poverty, and school plans

• To monitor student progress against the

  effectiveness of the instructional methods you are using

Write the term that refers to anyone who has an interest or is involved in the success of a school or school system:

When monitoring program effectiveness, school administrators . . .

(Select all the options that may apply)

• Evaluate progress of teachers and schools

• Judge the priorities of the school within the district

• Assess whether there is a need for alternative programs

• Examine school programs in terms of their strength and

  weaknesses in meeting community needs

These community members are paramount to support students' learning processes:

Write the name of a strategy widely used in schools to address students' strengths and weaknesses throughout the learning process:

In order to examine the outcome of a teaching approach in schools, one has to start by . . .

• evaluating drawn interpretations around class development

• interpreting information stemming from class development

• collecting data by observing student performance

• implementing alternatives to improve class instruction

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?

"Tests are the kind of assessment practices we must stop implementing in our classrooms. There are alternative strategies that can do the work".

Explain your answer.

With which of the following poor assessment practices are you most familiar with?

• An incoherent relationship between learning and getting a high grade (or the assessment procedures conducted in the classroom)

• A grade too high or too low affects students’ engagement and motivation

• Not including students in framing/defining course objectives

• Using assessment practices to acquire a reputation

• Teaching to the test rather than promoting learning

Formative or summative?

Learners read a text and write a summary of the text in 50 words. Groups of learners compare their summaries and produce a shared group version. Finally, they compare the group summaries with one written by the teacher.

• Formative

• Summative

Learners listen to a recording and answer multiple choice questions about it. The teacher asks the learners to raise their hands when they answered a, b or c to each question. She asks individual learners to explain why they chose their answer.

• Formative

• Summative