Teach smarter not harder 042410
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Teach Smarter Not Harder
Porter W. Palmer
Discovery Educator Network
Do you love assessment?
Teaching without assessment is like…
Summative vs. Formative Assessment
• Summative assessment – assessment of learning– MEAP– NAEP– Exams– MANY classroom tests
• Formative assessment – assessment for learning
“Formative assessment is not a test. Rather, it is an ongoing process in which teachers use test-elicited evidence to adjust their instruction or students use it to adjust their learning tactics.”
Jim Popham
Formative Assessment
• Research on formative assessment has shown that when teachers practice good formative assessment and students participate in it, BOTH achievement and motivation increase.
• This achievement increase can be as much as .4 to .7 standard deviations. That’s like moving from the 50th percentile to the 65th or 75th percentile.
How do you know what your students need?
• Survey Monkey• EasyTestMaker• Google Forms • Poll Everywhere• Quizlet• DE Quiz Builder• DE Assessment
– Benchmarks– Progress Zone
• http://tinyurl.com/algebratest123
Student input
• Google Docs• Tiny Chat• Edmodo• Wall Wisher
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