Common Iormanve Assessments

rofess|ona| Deve|opment Day 2

Ahernoon Sess|on
Common Iormanve Assessment
We|come back to your D Ser|es on Lecnve 1each|ng
Strateg|es
Ahernoon Sess|on 2 Cutcomes:
lease place all cell phones on sllenL
lully engage and aruclpaLe ln ConLenL and Acuvlues
aruclpanLs wlll undersLand Lhe lmporLance of ClA's and
Lhere need Lo be lncorporaLed lnLo Plgher Lducauon
Apply new sLraLegles lnLo your classrooms Lo becomlng
more eecuve Leachers by uslng daLa Leams and ClA's
All Loplcs should be able Lo be lmplemenLed Lo boLh an
onllne or onslLe classroom envlronmenL
Connecncut Accountab|||ty for Learn|ng In|nanve
kesearch
Common Character|sncs of
n|gh Ach|evement Schoo|s

A. A focus on academlc
achlevemenL
8. Clear currlculum
cholces
C. lrequenL
assessmenLs/
opporLunlues for
lmprovemenL
D. Lmphasls on
noncuon wrlung
L. Collaborauve scorlng
of sLudenL work by
rofessors
Student Learn|ng Cyc|e: 1each|ng,
Assess|ng, keecnng
A. Idennfy
Learn|ng
Cutcomes
8. |an
Instrucnon
and
Assessments
C. D|rect
Instrucnon,
Mode|
D. Learn|ng,
Cngo|ng
Mon|tor|ng
L. keect, Ad[ust
1each|ng, Cngo|ng
Mon|tor|ng
|ann|ng and Se|ecnng Strateg|es
Strateg|es shou|d be se|ected on the bas|s
of 'best ht' re|ated to:
What: Lxpected |earn|ng outcomes
Who: Learners (needs, |nterests,
|eve|s)
Why: ke|evance and understand|ng
When: 1|m|ng for stage of |earn|ng
be|ng |mp|emented
What Are
Common Iormanve Assessments?
-er|od|c or |nter|m
assessments
-Match pre-and post-
assessments
-Compar|son of
student growth

-A||gned to Un|vers|ty
Department
Standards
-kepresent
Imperanve data
|mportant to each
rofessor's
curr|cu|um
-8|end of |tem types
|nc|ud|ng se|ected and
construcnve response
- Adm|n|stered to
a|| students
-Cons|stent across
a|| c|ass |eve|
-Severa| nmes
dur|ng the
semester
What Are 1he Gu|de||nes for Des|gn|ng
Common Iormanve Assessments?
1. Se|ect an
|mportant
top|c
2. Idennfy
match|ng
pr|or|ty
standards
3. "Unwrap"
match|ng
pr|or|ty
standards
4. Create
graph|c
organ|zer
S. Determ|ne
the b|g |deas
What Are 1he Gu|de||nes for Des|gn|ng
Common Iormanve Assessments?
6. Wr|te the
essenna|
quesnons
7. Wr|te
se|ected
response
|tems
8. Wr|te
constructed
response
|tems
9. Wr|te
essenna|
quesnons
and b|g |dea
d|recnons
10. Create
scor|ng
gu|des for
constructed
response
|tems
What Are 1he 8enehts of Us|ng
Common Iormanve Assessments?
- kegu|ar and nme|y feedback regard|ng students
aua|nment of standards
- A||ows rofessors to mod|fy |nstrucnon
- Mu|np|e-measure assessments
- A||ow students to demonstrate the|r understand|ng |n a
var|ety of formats
- Cngo|ng co||aboranon opportun|nes for |ntroductory
and upper |eve| courses and department sta
What Are 1he 8enehts of Us|ng
Common Iormanve Assessments?
- Cons|stent expectanons w|th|n a course and department
|nstructors regard|ng standards, |nstrucnon and assessment
pr|or|nes
- Agreed-upon cr|ter|a for prohc|ency to be met w|th|n each
|nd|v|dua| c|ass, course |eve|, and |nsntunon
- De||berate a||gnment of assessments |n order to prepare
students for success on future assessments and career
cernhcanon tests
- kesu|ts as how students are ||ke|y to do on each
assessment |n order to make |nstrucnona| mod|hcanons
Samp|e Common Assessments:
n|gher Lducanon
Sc|ence
- Lnd-of-un|t tests
- Week|y qu|zzes
- erformance
tasks
- Wr|uen response
- Conducnng an
exper|ment
Soc|a| Sc|ences
- erformance
tasks
- Lnd-of-un|t tests
- Wr|uen response
- kesponse to
week|y or un|t
essenna| quesnon
L|ecnves*
- erformance
tasks
- Wr|uen
commun|canon
- Lnd-of-un|t tests
- kesponse to
week|y or un|t
essenna| quesnon
Samp|e Common Assessments:
n|gher Lducanon
Language Arts
- kesponse to
||terature
- Lnd-of-un|t tests
- Sk||| tests
- Week|y or un|t
essenna| quesnon
8us|ness
- erformance
tasks
- Lnd-of-un|t tests
- Lva|uanon]
ana|ys|s of spec|a|
- kesponse to
week|y or un|t
essenna| quesnon
Math
- Lnd-of-un|t tests
- erformance
tasks
- rob|em-so|v|ng
app||canon
- Sk|||s tests
Sess|on 2 Ahernoon Acnv|ty
Croup 8reakouL Sesslon- 30 MlnuLes
8reak lnLo groups accordlng Lo your deparLmenL.
l.L. MaLh, Sclence, 8uslness, Lngllsh
Choose a Loplc and develop common essenual
quesuons and ob[ecuves llsL for your chosen Loplc
for a one class sesslon. l.L: SCC101 lesson Loplc
could be-8ace and LLhnlclLy
llnally, develop a pre and posL assessmenL for
your chosen lesson (3 quesuons each)
keferences
1he 90/90/90 Schools: A Case SLudy
AccounLablllLy ln Acuon

Lecuve 1eachlng SLraLegles
2009 by Lhe Leadershlp and Leanlng CenLer

uaLa 1eams: A SLrucLure for 1eacher 1alk
Meghan Maruns AdmlnlsLraLor Academy AdmlnlsLraLor Academy
lebruary 4-3, 2009

Common lormauve AssessmenLs: An Cvervlew
Larry AlnsworLh

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