Rubrics
This type of rubric gives a student one overall score for an assignment rather than separate scores for individual criteria.
What is a holistic rubric?
This type of assessment helps teachers check student understanding during a lesson so they can adjust instruction.
What is formative assessment?
A teacher lets students demonstrate their understanding of a story by writing a paragraph, drawing a picture, or performing a short scene. What teaching approach is this?
What is differentiation?
This type of feedback tells students exactly what they did well or what they need to improve, rather than simply saying “Good job!”
What is specific feedback?
This type of rubric gives separate scores for criteria such as content, organization, and creativity.
What is an analytic rubric?
A teacher gives students a final test at the end of a unit to measure what they have learned. What type of assessment is this?
What is summative assessment?
A student with a visual impairment receives large-print versions of classroom materials but is still expected to learn the same content as classmates. What is this called?
What is an accommodation?
A teacher tells a student, “Your drawing clearly shows the three stages of the butterfly life cycle, but you still need to label each stage.” What makes this an example of effective feedback?
What is that it identifies a strength and gives a clear next step for improvement?
This type of rubric describes what proficient work looks like and leaves room for individualized comments about strengths and areas for improvement.
What is a single-point rubric?
A teacher asks students to hold up a drawing showing how a plant takes in water, then uses their responses to decide what to reteach. What type of assessment is this?
What is formative assessment?
A student is given an assignment with fewer or less complex learning expectations than those required of the rest of the class. What is this called?
What is a modification?
Instead of waiting until the end of a unit to comment on student work, a teacher provides suggestions while students are still working on their projects. Why is this helpful?
What is that students can use the feedback to improve their work before it is finished?
A teacher scores a lesson plan as a whole without assigning separate points for objectives, activities, and assessments. Which type of rubric is being used?
What is a holistic rubric?
What is the main difference between formative and summative assessment?
What is that formative assessment checks learning during instruction, while summative assessment evaluates learning after instruction?
A teacher provides sentence starters, graphic organizers, and flexible groupings to help students with different learning needs access the same learning goals. What teaching approach is this?
What is differentiation?
Which is more effective feedback: “You aren't very good at writing,” or “Your main idea is clear, but adding two supporting details would strengthen your paragraph”? Why?
What is the second statement, because it focuses on the work and gives the student a specific way to improve?
A teacher wants to give students detailed scores for each part of a project so they can see exactly which areas need improvement. Which type of rubric would be the best choice?
What is an analytic rubric?
Students create and perform a short song explaining the water cycle at the end of a science unit. The teacher grades the performance to determine how well students understand the content. What type of assessment is this?
What is summative assessment?
A student takes the same math test as classmates but receives extra time. Another student works on a test with fewer questions and different, simplified learning expectations. What are these two supports called, in order?
What are an accommodation and a modification?
A student receives feedback on a science model, makes changes based on the suggestions, and explains why those changes improved the model. What important part of the feedback process does this demonstrate?
What is using feedback to revise work and improve learning?