Purpose of Assessment
The main purpose of assessment for the best teachers.
What is enhancing learning and help students understand their own thinking.
What type of assessment focuses on improvement and is low-stakes?
What is formative assessment.
What do great teachers prioritize over grades?
What is constructive feedback.
What skill helps students evaluate their own learning?
What is metacognition.
What do the best teachers make their classrooms safe for?
What is intellectual risk-taking.
What kind of learning do the best assessments promote?
What is deep and genuine learning
What is the opposite of formative assessment; typically higher stakes?
What is summative assessment?
What type of feedback helps students understand specific strengths and weaknesses?
What is detailed or constructive feedback.
What question does Bain encourage students to ask along with "What did I do well?"
What is "What could I do better?"
What do students feel comfortable making in a growth-focused environment?
What is mistakes.
What are often emphasized over test scores by top teacher?
Constructive feedback and self-reflection
What skills do the best teachers often design assessments to test, rather than memorization?
What is critical thinking and application skills.
What is the main purpose of constructive feedback?
What is to help students improve and grow
What long-term benefit does Bain say reflection promotes?
What is Lifelong learning and intellectual independence.
What does a classroom culture that enables students to focus on growth, not fear, promote?
What is growth, not fear.
What type of growth assessment that happens during learning?
What is formative and low stakes assessments
How do the best teachers design assessments to support deeper understanding?
What is alignment with learning goals and deeper understanding.
What does Bain say great teachers use feedback to help students focus on?
What is improvement, not just success.
What skill do great teachers encourage for deeper understanding?
What is critical thinking.
What do the best teachers align assessments with to reduce student anxiety?
What is learning goals.
What approach contrasts with assessment as performance alone?
What is helping students learn, rather than merely evaluating them
What outcome do great teachers prioritize over mere test scores?
What is student growth and intellectual development.
What feedback style does Bain prefer to guide students?
What is non-judgmental and constructive feedback.
What does effective teacher-encouraged reflection ultimately foster in students?
What is intellectual autonomy and lifelong learning.