Assessment Literacy

Assessment Literacy

Interim Assessment

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Essential Questions

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• What are the differences between a formative, summative and an interim assessment?

• Why do we give assessments and what are the criteria we use to determine a good assessment?

• What does the Kansas Interim Assessment program look like and how do we implement it in our building, classroom or district?

• How do we interpret and use the results from the Kansas Interim Assessment to drive instructional decisions in the classroom?

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What is Assessment?

• Formative• Summative• Portfolio• Criterion-referenced• Norm-referenced

• Interim• Performance• Diagnostic• Authentic


Key Terms – Summative

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Assessment

– Summative Assessment –given at the end; used to judge the final quality and quantity of student achievement and /or the success of the instructional program (sum it up)

– Assessment of learning

– Examples: Kansas Math Assessment, Kansas Reading Assessment, Semester Exam, etc.


Key Terms – Formative

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Assessment

– Formative Assessment – checkpoints of learning; snapshots; used to inform instruction and essential learning; periodic collection of information to provide feedback concerning progress toward achieving learning goals; provides the information needed to adjust teaching and learning while they are happening (inform along the way)

– Assessment for learning!


A Thought…

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“When the cook tastes the soup, that's formative. When the guests taste the soup, that's summative.”

Robert Stake


Interim Assessment

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• Evaluate students’ knowledge and skills relative to a specific set of goals or indicators

• Assessment of and for learning

• Administered between formative and summative assessments

• Predicts achievement

• Benchmark


Activity One

1Define Assessment by answering

the essential question: What are the differences

between Formative, Summative and Interim Assessment?


Why do we assess?

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• diagnosing students’ strengths and weaknesses (needs)

• monitoring students’ progress

• Using data to guide or “drive” the instruction we provide (tool for learning)


Why do we assess?

• determining one’s own instructional effectiveness

• curriculum needs

• assigning grades, placement

• BECAUSE of district, state, and federal requirements

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Criteria for a good assessment

• aligned to the curriculum

• designed prior to instruction

• matches instruction

• tests what is taught

• drives instructional decisions


If we want to use assessment as a tool for learning…

We must be able to answer…

• What is it we want all students to learn?

• How will we know when each student has mastered the essential learning?

• How will we respond when a student experiences difficulty in learning?

• How will we deepen the learning for students who have already mastered the essential knowledge and skills?


Activity Two

complete Activity Two:Who do we give assessments and what are the criteria we

use to determine a good assessment?2


Begin with the End in Mind…

• KS Math Assessment – April (Summative)

• CETE Formative Assessments – (on-going assessments to monitor student learning of targeted indicators)

• KS Interim Assessments (3 data points/benchmarks)

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CETE Formative Assessments

If a formative assessment is that along the way assessment if it helps teachers determine next steps during the learning process

How do we use the CETE Formative assessment? Are you using the CETE formative assessments? How do you use the CETE formative site?


CETE Formative Assessments

Peak usage…for the formative site is in Feb. and March

Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. March April

Usage Proper Use

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Kansas Interim Assessment

• Designed as a tool teachers may use to gauge the progress their students have made with regard to the tested indicators at their grade level.

• Provides an estimate of achievement on tested indicators at three different points prior to the administration of the KS assessment



• Administered online using the KCA site

• Takes one class period to administer

• Designed as a multi-stage adaptive test.

– Multiple choice

– Each test consists of three parts

– Students will receive more challenging or less challenging parts based on their responses to previous parts during the test session


Interim Assessment Structure

* Arrows indicate possible test assignments.

Hard

First Testlet

Med

Easy

VH

H

MH

M

ME

E

VE

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Interim 1 Interim 2 Interim 3 Summative

Formative Assessment

Oct. 30 – Dec. 30Jan. 1 – Feb. 28

Formative Assessment


A Thought…

“Until you have data as a backup, you’re just another person with an opinion.”

Dr. Perry Gluckman


Interim Assessment

• Scores on the interim assessment will be on the same scale as scores on the KS assessment (NCLB) assessment for the same grade and subject.

• Scores are available electronically

• Class Roster Reports, Class Score Distribution, Indicator Information, etc.


Class Roster Reports


CETE Website Resources

• Box and Whisper Plotshttps://www.cete.us/kay/documentation

• CETE provides excellent resources to enhance your understanding of box and whisper plots.

https://www.cete.us/kay/documentation


Activity Three

Activity three answers the essential question:

What does the Kansas Interim Assessment Program look like and

how do we implement it in our building, classroom or district?

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Impacting Instruction…

• If a student received a 74 on the taught indicators and a 34 on the entire test…what does that mean?

– Students understood most of the concepts that were taught

– With regular “cyclic review” of the taught items you may not need to dig any deeper. Interim 2 will help you see if the concepts are still understood!

– Cyclic review – daily math warm-ups (3-4 problems)


Impacting Instruction…

• However… If a student received a 44 on the taught indicators and a 34 on the entire test…what does that mean?

– The student did not understand that concepts that were taught!

– Use formative assessments – before/after

– Specific re-teaching of indicators, “daily cyclic review” of the taught items


Goal Setting, Test Talks…

• Students should have the opportunity to see their results and set goals for the next assessment.

• Teacher, principal test talks are another way to help students understand and focus on learning needs.

Sample goal:• I want to improve my score from a 44 to a 70 on the interim

assessment given in December.

• I will improve my score by asking my teacher for help on daily lessons when I don’t understand. I will do my homework. I will check over my work.

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Goal Setting and Test Talks…

• Allow students to reflect on their learning • Have students keep charts to “track” their learning

Interim1 Goal Interim 2

Interim 2Score

Goal Interim 3

Interim 3 score

Goal for KS

Math

KSMath Score

44 70 71 80

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Interim Assessment


Some Thoughts…

CurriculumWhat is it we want

all students to learn?

AssessmentSummativeInterim

Formative

InstructionWhat strategies

will lead to better

understanding? Interim data “big picture” leads to more

diagnosis.

What will I do differently in my

instruction?

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Think Time…Assessment

• The term assessment is derived from the Latin root assidere meaning “to sit beside”

• a broad term referring to the process of gathering and synthesizing information

• “Testing” is one type of assessment!

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• AND…if good assessment drives instruction!

• We must be a good consumer, armed with knowledge about assessment!

You are what you assess!


Activity Four

4Activity four helps you reflect on

the essential question:How will you use the Interim

assessment to improve student learning if you classroom,

building or district?

Assessment Literacy

Documents

good assessment

kansas math assessment

kansas reading assessment

indicators assessment

way assessment

learning goals

summative assessments

thats formative