CSTP 5: Assessing Students for Learning
Element Emerging Exploring
Is aware of the purposes Explores the use of
and characteristics of different types of pre-
formative and summative assessment, formative
assessments. and summative
assessments.
5.1 Applying
knowledge of the
Begins to identify specific
purposes,
characteristics of
characteristics, and
assessments that yield
uses of different
different types of
types of assessments
information about
student preparedness,
progress, and proficiency.
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Results from assessments
are analyzed to identify
needed adjustments in
instruction. Uses pre,
formative, and
summative assessments
to make informed
decisions on lesson plans.
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Applying Integrating Innovating
Decides on the purpose Develops and adapts the Demonstrates purposeful
for assessment and skills range of appropriate use of a wide range of
to be assessed to select assessments to address assessments to support
appropriately matches questions about students’ differentiated student
pre-, formative and learning needs and learning needs and reflect
summative assessments. progress. progress.
Selects assessments Integrates a variety of Draws flexibility from a
based on clear characteristics into repertoire of appropriate
understanding of the assessments to allow assessment options and
purposes and students with a ranges of characteristics to
characteristics of learning needs to maximize student
assessments to support demonstrate what they demonstration of
student learning. know Spring 2020 knowledge.
Results from the district During the course of
writing assessment are a lesson or series of
analyzed to identify
adjustments to
lessons, the teacher
instruction that may be incorporates entry
needed. 10/4/2019 level, progress
monitoring (checking
for understanding)
and summative
assessment
Formative
assessment is used
within the writing
program to promote
student learning
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Use data from required Explores collecting Collects a variety of Designs and integrates an Infuses assessments
assessments to assess additional data using formal and informal assessment plan that strategically and
student learning. supplemental assessment data on provides formal and systematically
assessments. student learning. informal assessment data throughout instruction to
5.2 Collecting and Follows required on student learning. collect ongoing
analyzing processes for data Make adjustments in Uses analysis of a variety assessment data
assessment data analysis and draws planning for single of data to inform Uses data analysis of a appropriate for the range
from a variety of conclusions about lessons or sequence of planning and broad range of of learner needs.
sources to inform student learning lessons based on analysis differentiation of assessments to provide
instruction. of assessment data. instruction. 7/21/19 comprehensive Uses results of ongoing
information to guide data analysis to plan and
planning and differentiate instruction
differentiation of for maximum academic
instruction. success.
Students show evidence Teacher reflects on
of understanding when the success of each
learning goal is
introduced during checks
lesson and success is
for understanding and in determined by the
exit tickets. Formative level of student
and summative understanding
assessments are used to Spring 2020
make informed decisions
about lessons. 7/21/19

Teacher reflects on the

success of each lesson
and success is
determined by the level
of student understanding
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5.3 Reviewing data, Reviews and monitors Reviews and monitors Reviews and monitors a Reviews and monitors a Facilitates collaborative
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Element Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

available assessment data additional assessment variety of data on student broad range of data work and fosters
as required by site and data individually and learning individually and individually and with colleagues ability to
both individually and district processes. with colleagues and with colleagues to colleagues to analyze identify and address
with colleagues, to identifies learning needs identify trends and student thinking and causes for achievement
monitor student of individual students. patterns among groups of identify underlying patterns and trends.
learning students. causes for trends.
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Teacher participates in
the ongoing monitoring
of English Learners and
students with special
needs through
collaboration with
colleagues. Discusses
learning strategies in
professional learning
communities. 7/21/19
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Uses data from Uses data from available Uses a variety of Uses a broad range of Reflects on data
assessments provided by assessments to establish assessment data to set data to set learning goals continuously to make
site and district to set content-based learning student learning goals for for content and academic ongoing refinements to
learning goals for the goals for class and content and academic language that are learning goals for content
class. individual students in language. integrated across content and academic language
5.4 Using assessment single lessons or standards for individuals for the fill range of
data to establish sequences of lessons. and groups. students.
learning goals and to Plans instruction using Plans differentiated
plan, differentiate, available curriculum Plans adjustments in lessons and modifications Plans differentiated Uses data systematically
and modify guidelines. instruction to address to instruction to meet instruction targeted to to refine planning,
instruction learning needs of students’ diverse learning meet individual and differentiate instruction,
individual students. needs. group learning needs. and make ongoing
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Modifies lessons during evolving learning needs
instruction based on of individuals and groups.
informal assessments.
Teacher selects learning Some assessments Teacher
goals based on data are designed are so differentiates or
gathered from
assessments. Learning
that students can modifies learning
goals are adjusted to demonstrate their goals to meet the
mate individual learning knowledge and skills knowledge, skills and
needs of students. by applying it to real- abilities of individual
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CSTP 5: Assessing Students for Learning

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Informs students about Begins to encourage Models and scaffolds Implements structures Provides systematic
learning objectives, students to establish student self-assessment for students to self-assess opportunities for student
outcomes, and learning goals through and goal setting and set learning goals self-assessment, goal
summative assessment single lessons or processes for learning related to content, setting, and progress
results. Recognizes the sequence of lessons that content and academic academic language, and monitoring.
5.5 Involving all need for individual include goal setting language development. individual skills.
students in self- learning goals. exercises. Develops students’ meta-
assessment, goal- Guides students to Integrates student self- cognitive skills for
setting, and progress Monitors progress using Provides students with monitor and reflect on assessment, goal setting, analyzing progress and
monitoring available tools for opportunities in single progress on a regular and progress monitoring refining goals towards
recording. lessons or sequence of basis. across the curriculum. high levels of academic
lessons to monitor their achievement.
own progress toward
class or individual goals.
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Students are provided Students continue to be Teacher teaches
with learning goals and provided with learning students how to
performance goals and performance
expectations. Students expectations. Routines
critique their own
are encouraged to have begun for students work and direct their
evaluate and critique to examine and revise own learning.
their work and revise for their own work. Teacher provides
improvements. 7/21/19 9/23/2019 examples of student
work at different
levels of achievement
to support students
with self and peer
assessment Spring
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Uses available Explores use of additional Uses technology to design Integrates a variety of Use a wide range of
technologies to record technologies to and implement technologies into the technologies to design,
assessments, determine implement individual assessments, record and development, implement, and analyze
proficiency levels, and assessments, record analyze results, and implementation, analysis assessments and provides
5.6 Using available
make required results, and communicate communicate about of assessments, and for an in depth and
technologies to assist
communications about with administration, student learning with communication of ongoing communication
in assessment,
student learning. colleagues, and families administration, student learning to all regarding student
analysis, and
about student learning. colleagues, families, and audiences. learning to all audiences.
communication of
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student learning
communications are
received by those who
lack access to technology.

Teacher uses technology Teacher sends home Teacher uses multiple

to communicate month progress reports means of communication
important updates with that detail student to ensure students and
administrators, students, achievement. Report card parents have consistent
and their parents. includes grades in all and accurate information
Colleagues are informed subjects completed that while participating in
about student progress to school month 9/2019- distance learning. April
compare progress in 12/2019 2020
student learning.
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Provides students with Provides students with Provides students with Integrates the ongoing Facilitates students’
feedback through additional feedback clear and timely sharing of leadership in seeking and
assessed work and based on formative information about comprehensible feedback using ongoing
required summative assessments from single strengths, needs, and to students from formal comprehensible
assessments. lessons or sequence of strategies for improving and informal assessments communications about
5.7 Using assessment lessons. Seeks to provide academic achievement. in ways that support individual student
information to share Notifies families of feedback in ways that increased learning. progress and ways to
timely and student proficiencies, students understand. Provides opportunities provide and monitor
comprehensible challenges, and behavior for comprehensible and Communicates regularly support.
feedback with issues through school Communicates with timely two-way with families to share a
students and their mandated procedures. families about student communications with range of assessment
families progress, strengths, and families to share student information that is
needs at reporting assessments, progress, comprehensible and
periods. Contacts families raise issues and/or responsive to individual
as needs arise regarding concerns, and guide student and family needs.
struggling students or family support April 2020
behavior issues. 7/21/19
Teacher communicates Teacher holds parents
students’ progress with conferences to ensure
their families as that students and their
necessary for families understand the
intervention. 7/21/19 learning April 2020
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