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Rubrics
Exemplars
Checklists
Anecdotal Records
Continuums

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Observations
Performance Assessment
Process focused assessments
Selected Responses
Open-ended Tasks

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Effective assessments allow parents to:

see evidence of student learning and development

•develop an understanding of the student’s progress

• provide opportunities to support and celebrate student learning

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Effective assessments allow teachers to:

inform every stage of the teaching and learning process

•plan in response to student and teacher inquiries

•develop criteria for producing a quality product or performance

•gather evidence from which sound conclusions can be drawn

•provide evidence that can be effectively reported and understood by the whole school community

•collaboratively review and reflect on student performance and progress

•take into account a variety of learning styles, multiple intelligences and abilities including different cultural contexts

use scoring that is both  analytical (separate scores for different aspects of the work) and holistic (single scores).

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Effective assessments allow students to:

share their learning and understanding with others

•demonstrate a range of knowledge, conceptual understanding and skills

•use a variety of learning styles, multiple intelligences and abilities to express their understanding

•know and understand in advance the criteria for producing a quality product or performance

•participate in reflection, self- and peer-assessment

•base their learning on real-life experiences that can lead to further inquiries

•express different points of view and interpretations

•analyse their learning and understand what needs to be improved.

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to provide feedback on the learning process

gathering and analysis of information about student performance

designed to inform practice

evaluates five essential elements (what students know, understand, can do and feel)