Assessment tools

Lorraine Barrowcliffe
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 Royal decree 217/2022 29 March Article 15 Assessment

 Assesment must be continuous, formative and integrating

 When?
 We must assess at the start of the course, during the course and at the end 
of the course
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 What?
 Assess using analysis and reflection
 Assess learning processes
 Assess teaching processes
 Self- assessment
 Peer assessment
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 How?
 Assessment should focus on key competences and leaving profile
 You MUST vary the assessment tools used in your course 
syllaus.
 Assessment tolos should differ depending on the student's learning style, lang
uage proficiency, cultural background,
grade level, number of students in the course, amount of instruction received
and overall goals. 
 Assessments can be adapted for teachers or students in special situations.
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 1. Rubrics and Performance Criteria

 Using rubrics and performance criteria is a great way to assess a variety of
student work. It’s usually based on language proficiency and academic
progression through work such as presentations, written assignments and
reading activities Both tools feature a list of criteria or standards that
students know you’re assessing. Rubrics show what is considered below level,
at level and above level. A performance criteria can simply be a checklist
of what to assess for each student.

 https://www.trinitycollege.com/resource/?id=6291
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 2. Oral Presentations or Performances

 Assessing oral presentations or performances typically include roleplays,
interviews, oral reports and summarizing/paraphrasing pieces of text. When
used on an ongoing basis, it’s a great way to monitor a student’s
comprehension through a longer period of time.

 https://www.trinitycollege.com/resource/?id=6291
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 3. Non-verbal Assessment
 Using non-verbal assessments is a great way to see a student’s academic progress.
What you’re looking for in this type of assessment is their understanding of vocabulary.
 Examples include:
 Charades: Give a student vocabulary words you’ve taught, and have them act it out to
see if they understand what the word or concept is. You could even have them
summarize a text by miming it.
 Pictures: You can ask students to draw or collect pictures to show their knowledge on
a topic. For example, if you’re assessing a student on their knowledge of nouns, ask
students to pick out pictures of nouns in a magazine. Pictures can also be used to
assess reading comprehension. Students can read a paragraph and then draw a picture
to show their understanding of the text. If the picture is mostly accurate except for a
few details, it could be a vocabulary issue.
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 4. Written Assessments-
 Written assessments is a good way to see how students can apply their knowledge
of English over a wide variety of concepts. For example, you can use assignments
to see just how well they understand a text, or even different  styles of writing.
 Some different ways to incorporate written assessments in your class include:
 Creative and structured writing assignments: Ask students to write a
creative story, or even give them a writing prompt—where students read the
beginning of a story and are asked to write the ending.
 Editing writing: Give students a piece of text with grammatical mistakes and ask
them to correct it, to test their knowledge of grammar.
 With writing, don’t assess too much at once. For a writing piece, you could assess
just spelling, complete sentences or unity in paragraphs.
Checklists

 Checklists allow for self- reflection. And self-assessment. 

 These can be used to assess teaching processes and learning processes.
Assessment Tools- Portfolios

 Portfolios are powerful assessments and are used to gather various samples of student work to track their
development over a period of time. In order to maximize the potential of using a portfolio as an
assessment tool, you should regularly curate student work to include in them, and have scheduled
conferences with students about their work.
 You should also have a checklist of qualities that are important to showcase student achievement. Not
only do you critique and assess the work, but so should the students. That way, they’re responsible for
their learning and take more ownership of making sure they improve.
 Material you can include in a portfolio can include the following:
 performance criteria or rubrics
 recording of oral presentations
 tests
 writing samples, drafts and final copies
 interview checklists
 In order to best assess a student, you should include more than one kind of student work in the portfolio. 
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 According to the Royal decree 217/2022  29th March art.15

 Assessments must
Be challenging
Integrate basic knowledge
Include students as part of the process
Apply skills in a process
What tools can we use 

 IDOCEO
 https://www.idoceo.es/index.php/es/