Developing Scoring Rules
A descriptive, holistic evaluation of a performance
Rubric
_______ _________ can be used for any subject area in which you are interested in obtaining a close, undiluted look at students’ conceptual understanding and skill.
Individualized assessments
Work that has relevance in the world beyond school
Authentic Work
Teachers might intentionally have students ______ their knowledge and skills across traditional subject-area lines
Integrate
The ability to think about one's thinking
Metacognition
A list of the performance criteria you expect to see in students’ work along with a place to check whether each specific criterion is present or absent, right or wrong
Checklist
The most authentic performance for primary-aged children in reading
Reading aloud
Tasks that provide students with the opportunity to work through several steps of progression to create a final, polished piece
Prepared Tasks
A second quality standard is that the performance assessments reflect ______ work in the world beyond the classroom
Authentic
According to Jo Boaler, a professor of mathematics education at Stanford University, learning can't happen until the learner experiences a ________ or _______.
(Only need to provide one answer)
Misconception or error
Similar to a checklist except that, instead of indicating whether the criterion is present or absent, right or wrong, the teacher gives one or more of the performance criteria a rating on some scale
Rating Scale
Teachers can assess two to three students at a time when ______ is a factor.
Time
Tasks that schools require to be accomplished by ALL students by the time they exit certain levels of schooling
Exit Performances
List three forms of feedback
teacher-student conferences
written feedback on rough drafts
small-group discussion
peer commentary
One of the most useful ways in which we've developed performance tasks has been implementing a _______ on which they are built.
Structure
Three ways that scores can be represented
Words, numbers, or pictures
For primary level math, as students show more skill and understanding, give them more difficult ________, more difficult ________, or both.
Three Examples of Prepared Accomplishments
Writing Workshops
Science Fairs
Skits/Plays
Persuasive Letters
Creating a mural in a school or neighborhood
First thing teachers should do when providing feedback
Point out what students do well
Every ____________ _______ requires students to identify their project's goal, assume a role, cater toward a specific audience, operate within a real-world situation, and create a product aligned to standards.
Performance Task
Three formats for scoring rules
Checklists
Rating Scales
Rubrics
Performance Assessments need to include these three things
Description of the performance
The directions for students
Scoring rules to be used to evaluate student work
Provide an example of an authentic math lesson
work that has relevance in the world beyond school
EX: adults using addition and subtraction learned in elementary school to balance a checkbook
By using multiple ________ _____, your opportunities for assessing students’ achievement will be more reliable
Feedback Cycles
The foundation for the self-confidence and courage necessary for learning
Metacognition