Assessment
The type of assessment done by the teacher before instruction to determine student knowledge.
What is pre-assessment?
Name at least one function of grades.
What are informational functions, administrative functions, guidance functions, sorting and selecting functions, motivational functions, and research functions?
This is a style of interaction between individuals engaged in shared decision making as they work towards a common goal.
What is collaboration?
This type of assessment occurs during instruction and assesses progress, provides students with feedback, and prompts intervention if necessary.
What is formative assessment?
The manner in which students' achievement is reported.
What is a grading system?
Name at least three types of individuals who you will collaborate with in your school.
Who are other teachers, school administrators, school-wide committees or teams, other school professionals, students, families, and school-community partnerships?
The type of assessment used after instruction intended to determine achievement competence, assigning grades, and reporting to families.
What is a summative assessment?
This grading system is the most commonly used to represent students' achievement.
What is a letter grade?
Name four skills to effectively collaborate with others.
What are communication skills, problem-solving skills, conflict resolution skills, and administrative and management skills.
Name three ways in which technology can be used in assessment.
What are digital portfolios, videos and podcasts, wikis, discussion boards, and blogs?
This grading system is a qualitative description of learning, skills, and abilities that characterize a student's work.
What are descriptive assessments?
Name 3 reasons that it is important to communicate with families.
What are to understand the student's home condition, to create open 2 way communications, establish friendly relations, to enlist help from families with academic issues, to inform families of disciplinary expectations and actions, to get help from families dealing with their children.
Name at least 2 ways in which a teacher might adapt assessments for English language learners.
What are variety, formative assessment, range, time, level of support, difficulty, product, participation, feedback?
This is the most popular method of reporting judgments of effort, work habits, character traits, and other non-achievement information.
What is a ratings scale?