Assessment for Learning Document
Language of Assessment
OF/AS/FOR
Acronyms
Knowing Bluewater
100
The collection of accurate data or information concerning students’ skills, knowledge and attitudes.
What is assessment?
100
A visual support that can be commercial but works better if generated by the students. This tool supports student learning with the criteria (or the process) for a learning outcome or goal.
What is an anchor chart?
100
Evidence and feedback used to identify where students are in their learning. It identifies what they need to do next and how best to achieve this.
What is assessment for learning?
100
IEP
What is Individual Education Plan?
100
Our new director of education as of October 12th.
Who is John Bryant?
200
The application of professional judgement to that data.
What is evaluation?
200
These describe in general terms the knowledge and skills students are expected to demonstrated by the end of each course.
What is an overall expectation?
200
Assigning a number or letter grade
What is assessment of learning?
200
NTIP
What is New Teacher Induction Program?
200
Number of secondary schools in Bluewater
What is 11?
300
The primary objective of assessment and evaluation
What is improved student learning?
300
These describe in greater detail the expected knowledge and skills.
What are specific expectations?
300
The teacher and student work together to assess the student's knowledge, what she or he needs to learn to improve and extend his/her knowledge, and how the student can best get to that point.
What is assessment as learning?
300
IPRC
What is Identification Placement and Review Committee?
300
Superintendent of Secondary Schools
Who is Alana Murray?
400
This approach to planning provides the teacher with a step-by-step approach using a list of questions as a guide to identify desired results, to determine acceptable evidence and to plan learning experiences
What is "planning with the end in mind" or "design down"?
400
A tool used to gather the appropriate evidence of a student’s learning. This tool identifies the criteria for achievement at each level. It includes descriptors and qualifiers.
What is an assessment rubric?
400
Metacognition
What is assessment as learning?
400
SSCT
What is Student Success Contact Teacher?
400
Superintendent of Student Success
Who is Jean Stephenson?
500
These are the big ideas that reside at the heart of a discipline and have lasting value outside the classroom.
What are enduring understandings?
500
A tool used to dissect the criteria established in the assessment rubric. It is usually posted, in "kid language" and only demonstrates performance at levels 4 and 3.
What is an instructional rubric?
500
Also referred to as diagnostic assessment?
What is assessment for learning?
500
SAT
What is System Administration Team?
500
The school that is the farthest south in Bluewater? The school that is the farthest north?
What are Lucknow and St. Edmund's?
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