Assessment Principles
This term refers to the idea that assessment should be used to inform instruction and provide feedback to students.
What is formative assessment?
This grading practice is designed to reflect students' learning progress rather than their behavior.
What is grading based on achievement?
Chapter 5 suggests that involving students in this process helps them understand their learning goals and self-assess.
What is goal setting?
This is a common misconception that assessments should always be summative rather than formative.
What is that assessments are only for final evaluations?
This type of assessment evaluates students’ understanding at the end of an instructional unit.
What is summative assessment?
This term refers to the adjustment of grades to reflect a student’s true understanding, regardless of other factors like late submissions.
What is grade adjustment?
This practice encourages students to reflect on their own learning and performance as part of the assessment process.
What is self-assessment?
Chapter 5 clarifies that this belief about grading practices can lead to unfair assessments of student learning.
What is grading based on behavior or effort?
The importance of this principle to ensure assessments are aligned with learning objectives.
What is alignment?
Chapter 5 discusses the importance of separating these two components in grading to provide a clear picture of a student’s learning.
What are achievement and effort?
This term describes students working collaboratively to understand and improve their assessments.
What is peer assessment?
This myth suggests that higher grades are a reflection of better teaching rather than student learning.
What is the belief that grades equate to the quality of instruction?
This concept involves using assessments to make informed decisions about students' progress and next steps in learning.
What is data-driven instruction?
This strategy involves providing students with specific feedback on their performance to help them improve.
What is formative feedback?
Chapter 5 advocates for this approach to ensure students are actively engaged in their own learning process.
What is student-centered learning?
This misconception assumes that more frequent testing will always lead to better student outcomes.
What is the idea that more tests mean better learning?
This approach ensures assessments are fair and unbiased, addressing the individual needs and learning styles of students.
What is differentiated assessment?
Chapter 5 highlights this grading method as a way to ensure consistency and reliability in assessing students' work.
What is rubric-based grading?
Involving students in the creation of these helps them better understand the expectations and standards they are being graded on.
What are assessment criteria?
Chapter 5 addresses this fallacy about grades, highlighting that they should not be used for this purpose.
What is using grades as a form of punishment?