Classroom Assessment
The process by which traits, characteristics, or behaviors are differentiated.
What is Measurement?
Using assessment tools, not relying on one or two types of assessment to measure student learning.
What is variety?
Teacher assigns a number between 0 and 100
This letter is intended to serve as a brief welcome to the new year.
Introductory Letter
This involves an interpretation of the data that has been gathered through measurement and the placement of a value on that performance.
What is Evaluation
What is a formative assessment?
Most commonly used grading system to represent student achievement.
What are letter grades
Form of communication often includes information about the course content, instructional activities, and student requirements.
Newsletters
This is the first step in any assessment to clarify the specific purpose of gathering information
What is Purpose?
Adapting the number of items an ELL is expected to complete.
What is range?
Qualitative descriptions of learning, skills, and abilities that characterize a student's work
What is descriptive assessments?
First meeting between families and the teacher that gives parents the opportunity to meet teacher and ask any questions about classroom.
Back to School Night
This can be defined as the collection, evaluation, and use of information to make decisions to improve student learning.
What is classroom assessment?
Adapting the amount of time an ELL has to complete the task.
What is time?
Some high schools have permitted this grading system that offers less information than an A-F grading system.
What is pass/fail?
Meeting towards the end of the year where teachers showcase student progress to parents.
Open House
The four components of implementing classroom assessments.
What are purpose, measurement, evaluation, and use?
Adapting the amount of scaffolding provided to ELLs during assessments.
What is level of support.
This grading system is used for more informative progress reports listing major objectives.
What is checklist of objectives?
Individual meetings between parents and teachers to discuss student goals, progress, etc.
Parent/Teacher meetings.