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Teach Smarter Not Harder

Porter W. Palmer

Discovery Educator Network

Do you love assessment?

Continuous Improvement Model

Teaching without assessment is like…

Summative vs. Formative Assessment

• Summative assessment – assessment of learning– State-wide tests– 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.

• These effect sizes are larger than most of those found for educational interventions.

How do you know what your students need?

• Survey Monkey• EasyTestMaker• Google Docs• Google Forms • Poll Everywhere• Quizlet• DE Quiz Builder• Local Assessment Data• DE Assessment

– Benchmarks– Progress Zone

Student input

• Tiny Chat• Edmodo• Wall Wisher• DE Quiz Builder• DE Assessment

– Progress Zone• http://tinyurl.com/algebratest1

Continuous Improvement Model

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