Assessments 101
Tests, Assessments, and Writing-- Oh My!
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Rubrics, Rubrics, Rubrics!
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A way to collect evidence about students' knowledge, flexibility in applying that knowledge, and disposition or attitudes towards mathematics
What is an assessment
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When students assess their own progress and growth through questionnaires and open-ended writing prompts. 
What is a student self-assessment?
100
A task that uses more than one representation to assess student understanding.
What is a translation task?
100
This is used as a scoring tool that represents the performance expectations for an assignment
What is a rubric?
100
This is the name of Dr. Whitacres alter-ego who sells candy in base 3.
What is Karen?
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Assessments should always have the purpose of what?
What is to enhance learning and to be tools for instructional decisions
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Name one consideration that can help maximize the value of a test?
What is any of the following: permit students to use calculators, use manipulatives and drawings, include opportunities for explanation, and use open-ended questions.
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A variety of written products.
What is a task?
200
It permits the student to see what is central to excellent performance, and (2) it provides the teacher with scoring guidelines that support analysis of students' work
What is why rubrics are important?
200
This is one of the most commonly asked questions in the class.
What is "Can you sharpen my pencil" and we will also accept "Can I go to the bathroom"
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The 3 processes of formative instructions are____.
What is: 1) Identify where the learners are 2) Identify the learners goals 3) Identify a path to reach said goal
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Teaching the big ideas in mathematics curriculum that are aligned with the standards is the best __________
What is the best advice for succeeding on high stake tests
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This is a type of translation task representation that includes pictures and drawings.
What is modeling?
300
This describes what students’ work should look like at each level of the rubric and, in so doing, establishes criteria for acceptable performance on that particular task.
What is a performance indicator?
300
This item is often fought over in the classroom.
What is a pencil?
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Name 2 things you made need to assess.
What is any of the following: Conceptual Understanding, Procedural Fluency, Problem solving, Reasoning, Communication, Connections ,Representations, Procedural Disposition, Mathematics, Learning, Equity, Openness, Inferences,Coherence
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To communicate to others the achievement level that a student has attained in a particular area of study is used for ____
What are grades?
400
Problem-Based tasks include connecting problem solving activities to these types of contexts.
What are real-life contexts?
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This compares students’ work by established criteria set in advance—many times collected by a rubric.
What is scoring?
400
What's another name for hand sanitizer from a child's vocabulary?
What is hanitizer?
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Name an assessment method, any assessment method.
What is observe, interview, self-assess, written assessments, questioning, checklists, tasks, etc.
500
This can serve as a great assessment tool that involves things like exit slips and journals?
What is Writing
500
Give an example of a type of task you may use to assess students
What are journal entries, student self-assessments, and tests?
500
This is summarizing a student’s performance through the accumulation of a variety of scores and data about their understanding of important concepts and skills
What is grading?
500
12-13-16 @ 10 a.m.
What is the MAE exam date?