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
5.1 Applying assessments.
knowledge of the
purposes, Begins to identify specific
characteristics, and characteristics of
uses of different assessments that yield
types of assessments different types of
information about
student preparedness,
progress, and proficiency.
In our setting, the
assessments are pre-
determined for us but I
have control over
informal assessments
that are completed as a
class is my LiveLesson
room.
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I am still Exploring at this
point as I do not have
control over the
assessments in the
lessons. Yet, I am
experimenting with
different assessments in
my LiveLesson room that
allow student to work
collaboratively.
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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. knowledge.
In order to support While I am unable to edit We have updated our
students learning, I am most formal assessments, policies when it comes to
able to choose and alter I can still decide which the exams we are
assessments to ensure assessments that I decide required to give. We are
student learning with an to give students in our able to change the
understanding for the weekly lesson time. At weights of certain
curriculum. the end of most lessons I questions based on how
9/29/2019 can ask students what well our students were
key concepts and ideas able to understand the
I am continuing to alter they took away to ensure question. When a student
assessments in order to that they met the goal of gets a question wrong, I
support my students the lesson. am able to give
learning and offer 12/11/2020 immediate feedback and
guidance if necessary. explanation as to get to
5/8/2020 Every informal the right answer. I can
assessment given to my also create alternative
students is carefully assessment for my
considered and created students who may need
to optimize student additional support.
understanding of the 5/7/2021
material.
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CSTP 5: Assessing Students for Learning
Element Emerging Exploring Applying
Use data from required Explores collecting Collects a variety of
assessments to assess additional data using formal and informal
student learning. supplemental assessment data on
assessments. student learning.
5.2 Collecting and Follows required
analyzing processes for data Make adjustments in Uses analysis of a variety
assessment data analysis and draws planning for single of data to inform
from a variety of conclusions about lessons or sequence of planning and
sources to inform student learning lessons based on analysis differentiation of
instruction. of assessment data. instruction.
When I am trying to
assess student learning, I
am able to collect
information from formal
and informal
assessments to ensure
that they are appropriate
to gauge students
understanding.
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As mentioned previously,
one thing that my school
focuses on is data,
therefore it is part of my
daily tasks as a teacher to
analyze that data to make
informed decisions. In
particular, I often use
assessment data to
inform my instruction to
cater to where students
falter in knowledge.
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Integrating Innovating
Designs and integrates an Infuses assessments
assessment plan that strategically and
provides formal and systematically
informal assessment data throughout instruction to
on student learning. collect ongoing
assessment data
Uses data analysis of a appropriate for the range
broad range of of learner needs.
assessments to provide
comprehensive Uses results of ongoing
information to guide data analysis to plan and
planning and differentiate instruction
differentiation of for maximum academic
instruction. success.
I am unable to design While I am still unable to
formal assessments due design my own formal
to the nature of our assessments at my
online school, but I am school, I can conduct
able to collect all of the informal assessments in
data and let it inform my LiveLesson room to
further assessments and gauge understanding.
instruction. Often times I will ask
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content or the day or
All data that I have review content from the
collected from each unit previous lesson.
of study is recorded and 5/7/2021
analyzed by my World
History PLC group to
determine if we were
successful in helping
students meet the
learning goals.
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CSTP 5: Assessing Students for Learning
Element Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
While I mark myself as
Applying in this area, I
am able to pull a variety
of data from our online
website that I can
orangize into Excel
sheets and target
students who are
struggling.
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Reviews and monitors Reviews and monitors Reviews and monitors a Reviews and monitors a Facilitates collaborative
5.3 Reviewing data, available assessment data additional assessment variety of data on student broad range of data work and fosters
both individually and as required by site and data individually and learning individually and individually and with colleagues ability to
with colleagues, to district processes. with colleagues and with colleagues to colleagues to analyze identify and address
monitor student identifies learning needs identify trends and student thinking and causes for achievement
learning of individual students. patterns among groups of identify underlying patterns and trends.
students. causes for trends.
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Element Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
My PLC is a wonderful My PLC and I have been I am confident I this areas
source to spend some working exceptionally because of my fantastic
time together comparing hard this semester to team that works together
our data on student analyze important data to recognize positive and
learning before making and look for trends. negative trends and
informed observations on When we discover these always striving for
how our students are trends we work improvements.
performing. Additionally, proactively to create 12/11/2020
my PLC sets goals to solutions.
make sure that we are 5/8/2020
reaching as many As PLC we continue to
students as possible. work together closely to
9/29/2019 develop our skills to
further benefit our
students. We are now
working together to film
Loom screen recordings
to help our students.
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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
5.4 Using assessment site and district to set content-based learning student learning goals for for content and academic ongoing refinements to
data to establish learning goals for the goals for class and content and academic language that are learning goals for content
learning goals and to class. individual students in language. integrated across content and academic language
plan, differentiate, single lessons or standards for individuals for the fill range of
and modify sequences of lessons. and groups. students.
instruction Plans instruction using Plans differentiated
available curriculum Plans adjustments in lessons and modifications Plans differentiated Uses data systematically
CSTP 5: Assessing Students for Learning
Element Emerging Exploring Applying
guidelines. instruction to address to instruction to meet
learning needs of students’ diverse
individual students. learning needs.
I often use assessment
data to inform my
instruction because it
pinpoints me to where
students struggled and
excelled. I also use this
data to inform the goals
that I set for students
individually, especially to
students with and IEP or
504.
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To meet diverse learning
needs, all of my lessons
are differentiated to
make sure that they
reach students of all
levels. Additionally, all
lessons are recorded and
students are able to go
back to them as often as
they please which can
certainly help many
learners. 9/29/2019
I am still Applying in this
area and need to further
my experiences catering
to students with diverse
needs. I plan
differentiated instruction
for my students but it is
difficult to monitor my
Integrating Innovating
instruction targeted to to refine planning,
meet individual and differentiate instruction,
group learning needs. and make ongoing
adjustments to match the
Modifies lessons during evolving learning needs
instruction based on of individuals and groups.
informal assessments.
When students complete While actively teaching
a formal assessment in my students I am able to
my course I am able to quickly adjust based on
pin point the specific the assessment data I
concepts that they may have collected. I am able
have struggled with. I to assess whether or not
take those concepts and students are struggling
ensure that they are and then re-teacher if
retaught and retain the necessary.
notes for next year. 5/7/2021
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All assignments created
by my World History
department have
modifications so we are
better able to support out
students who may need
more support.
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CSTP 5: Assessing Students for Learning
Element Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
students in a virtual
classroom environment.
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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.
CSTP 5: Assessing Students for Learning
Element Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
I decided to keep myself Progress monitoring is Continuing to model for Since I have had my
at Applying for both large component of our students how to set homeroom students for
aspects of this element. program as it is largely achievable goals for almost a year now, I am
When I am making self-paced. I work with themselves to learn the able to really get to know
individual calls to students in groups and appropriate content. them and help them set
students we always work individually to set goals 12/11/2020 goals for themselves and
on goal-setting in order and teach students to set build skills that increase
to bring up their grades and follow their own I work with my their time-management
or catch up on the work goals. Homeroom students on a and progress monitoring.
that they may be behind 9/29/2019 more individual level to 5/7/2021
in. I also focus on aid in their own progress
teaching my students to At my school, we often monitoring to ensure
reflect on their conduct progress they are successful.
performance and set monitoring meeting 12/11/2020
reasonable goals for between student,
themselves. teachers, parents, and
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and allow students a set
time to reflect on their
progress.
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Uses available Explores use of Uses technology to design Integrates a variety of Use a wide range of
technologies to record additional technologies and implement technologies into the technologies to design,
assessments, determine to implement individual assessments, record and development, implement, and analyze
proficiency levels, and assessments, record analyze results, and implementation, analysis assessments and
5.6 Using available
make required results, and communicate communicate about of assessments, and provides for an in depth
technologies to assist
communications about with administration, student learning with communication of and ongoing
in assessment,
student learning. colleagues, and families administration, student learning to all communication regarding
analysis, and
about student learning. colleagues, families, and audiences. student learning to all
communication of
students. Ensure that audiences.
student learning
communications are
received by those who
lack access to technology.
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Element Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
I mark myself high in this This semester has been
category, as we are a all about the ISTE
school that operates standards and further
completely online. I am incorporating technology
able to use technology to into the curriculum. I am
see my student’s screens able to effectively
or share my own to communicate with all of
create a truly immersive my students and assess
learning environment their progress in a total
that keeps students online environment.
engaged as well as 12/11/2020
experienced with new
technologies.
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more new technologies in
At my online school we the past year but I am
make it a priority to use most proud of my class
advanced technology to website that a key
help our students. Our element to student
Adobe LiveLesson lets us success as well a
present information to communication. I am
our students in a safe constantly making
environment that improvements and
cleverly mimics the adding in new helpful
classroom environment. information.
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5.7 Using assessment Provides students with Provides students with Provides students with Integrates the ongoing Facilitates students’
information to share feedback through additional feedback clear and timely sharing of leadership in seeking and
timely and assessed work and based on formative information about comprehensible feedback using ongoing
comprehensible required summative assessments from single strengths, needs, and to students from formal comprehensible
feedback with assessments. lessons or sequence of strategies for improving and informal communications about
students and their lessons. Seeks to provide academic achievement. assessments in ways that individual student
families Notifies families of feedback in ways that support increased progress and ways to
student proficiencies, students understand. Provides opportunities learning. provide and monitor
challenges, and behavior for comprehensible and support.
issues through school Communicates with timely two-way Communicates regularly
mandated procedures. families about student communications with with families to share a
progress, strengths, and families to share student range of assessment
needs at reporting assessments, progress, information that is
periods. Contacts families raise issues and/or comprehensible and
as needs arise regarding concerns, and guide responsive to individual
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Element Emerging Exploring Applying
struggling students or family support.
behavior issues.
At Connections, we have
set deadlines must be
returned to students and
guidelines to help us
ensure that our feedback
is clear and helpful.
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Students and parents
have a direct way to
communicate with
teachers to discuss
student assessments and
progress in school. That
is one thing that
Connections does
exceptionally well,
involving families in their
student’s education.
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At this time I am
providing clear and
timely feedback on my
students’ online
assessments. When I
leave feedback, an email
is sent to both students
and parents with the
feedback for them to
review. This is a great
way to ensure that
improvements will be
made.
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Integrating Innovating
student and family needs.
At my school, teachers This semester we are
have homeroom students toying with the idea of
that they are in constant providing video feedback
contact with. I am able to for our students for
communicate with these maximum understanding.
families to share student As for now, I continue to
progress and any provide clear, concise
concerns that I may have. feedback as well as a
Additionally, students reminder that they are
and families are able to always able to contact me
share about their and redo their work.
personal lives and 5/7/2021
anything that may hinder
student performance.
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When I give feedback on
assignments I take my
time to ensure that the
feedback is clear and
appropriate. The
feedback is then
immediately sent to the
family and student. The
student can then make
any adjustments
necessary.
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