Teacher PD
This group of Alberta workers needs ongoing professional development regarding educational assessment.
Who are Alberta teachers?
These tests can be norm-referenced, where scores are compared nationally, or they can be criterion-referenced, where scores are compared to established benchmarks or standards.
What are standardized tests?
This is a measure of how accurate the assessment is.
What is validity?
This process of acquiring new skills and knowledge competencies helps teachers improve their assessment practices, stay current with research, and enhance student learning outcomes.
Professional Development
This type of assessment evaluates learning at the end and informs future instruction.
What is summative assessment?
This is a measure of the consistency of an assessment
What is reliability?
Klinger et al. (2011) argue that this type of learning community builds assessment capacity.
What are professional learning communities (PLCs)?
This type of feedback allows students and parents to see how students are improving over time.
What is ongoing feedback?
Harlen (2005) says this can reduce reliability when judging student work.
What is bias based on: behavior or past performance?
Sharing assessment practices with colleagues, discussing different classroom assessment practices, and sharing mark books are one way to encourage this among staff.
What is collaboration?
Observations and conversations of and with students fall into this type of assessment category
What is formative assessment?
This competitive practice often negatively impacts student learning.
What is ranking teachers and schools?
Giving feedback, providing resources, and having dedicated collaboration time are some ways this group of people can support professional development in schools.
Who are school-based administrators?
This type of feedback asks students to reflect on their own learning and evaluate what they can improve on.
What is self-assessment?
Research shows that these have a greater validity in judging student work than tests because they cover a wider range of outcomes.
What are teachers’ judgements?