Assessment for Learning: finding out what we need to know Sept. 17, 2010 StuAte Secondary School Faye Brownlie
Assessment for Learning: finding out what we need to know
Sept. 17, 2010 Stu-‐Ate Secondary School
Faye Brownlie
ASSESSMENT of
LEARNING
Purpose • To measure, to report out
Audience • Others, parents, the public
Form •rank order,
marks, percentages
Timing • At the end
ASSESSMENT for
LEARNING
Purpose • to inform teaching and learning
Audience • teachers and students
Form • descripGve feedback – NO MARKS!
Timing • while the learning is happening when the informaGon can sGll be used
FormaGve Assessment Choices
Standard Reading Assessment Choose a piece of text from your course that is appropriate for your students to read and ask 5 open-‐ended quesGons. Oral reading secGon. Gr. 2-‐forever
EPRA – Early Primary Reading Assessment
K-‐2 2 forms: common text and leveled text Oral reading, conference, thinking paper.
DART – District Assessment of Reading Team
3-‐9 2 forms: formaGve & summaGve Oral reading, conference, paper and pencil responses to 5 quesGons
• ConnecGons: How does what you read connect with what you already knew?
• Summarizing: Choose a way to show the main ideas and details in what you read.
• Inferencing: Read between the lines to find something that you believe to be true, but that isn’t actually said. Explain your reasoning.
• Vocabulary: Here are 3 challenging words from the text. Explain what you think they mean.
• ReflecGng: Was this easy or hard to understand? How did you help your self understand? (SD, p.23)
• Students respond to reading non-‐ficGon text
• Students read orally
• Teacher conferences with each student
1. Note taking & details 2. Reading graphs, pictures & maps (oral Gr3) 3. PresenGng informaGon in a different way
(elaboraGng, extending, connecGng, comparing) 4. Personal connecGons, reasoning, reading beyond
the lines 5. Difficulty of text
• Read your grade level text(s) • Read through the protocol • Read through & answer the quesGons, this creates an answer key
• Share your answers with grade alike staff • Photocopy materials • Arrange for another adult to assist • Plan a quiet acGvity for early finishers
• Students respond to reading non-‐ficGon text with coloured pictures
• Students read orally
• Teacher conferences with each student
Assessment materials, EPRA:
• grade protocol�
• real books for each student �
• oral reading page�
• conference page�
• thinking paper�