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Realizing that parents may not understand assessment tools (especially this year) was eye opening!  Therefore, we need to make sure we are communicating with them also!

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Design assessments to meet your learner's learning style! Multiple assessments that they can choose from that all address the same standard/content/skill etc.

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Assessments are often pre determined with canned curriculum and is not created with knowledge of the students in front of you.

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Parents often don't know how to help their students without just giving them the answer or doing the work for them. We may need to show them how to lead their students through productive struggles

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Take time to go through the standards. "play with them"

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Looking at the length of time required for the assessment

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may have multiple learning intentions for a lesson and it is okay to introduce them along the way

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may have multiple learning intentions for a lesson and it is okay to introduce them along the way

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Students already know 40-50% of what you are teaching.  Don't be boring.

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Students already know 40-50% of what you are teaching.  Don't be boring.

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Assessments need to match what is being taught. There are many ways to assess and this has evolved over the years.

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The assignment of a pre determined test by the Publishing company.  The need for alternative assessments for some students

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iReady results do not reflect the actual needs. Students scoring way higher than their skill level.

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learning styles, interests, triggers and plan for that in instruction and assessment

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Some teachers are not teaching by the standards, but teaching by the book. They might not have deconstructed the standards and cannot create meaningful learning intentions and targets.

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Without learning intentions, school can become a list of tasks to complete.

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Without learning intentions, school can become a list of tasks to complete.

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Students should be able to tell you what they are learning and why it is important otherwise it is just a check on a box and moving on

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Students should be able to tell you what they are learning and why it is important otherwise it is just a check on a box and moving on

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New Literacies- Digital Options for student to show their talents. 

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New Literacies- Digital Options for student to show their talents. 

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hooray for teachers that are growing in this area

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hooray for teachers that are growing in this area

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Like in the Cris Tovani session, when you read with direction or intention you read very differently. If students are informed about the learning intention they are able to make the connections.

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Parents want to help their child and don't want to see them fail a test but don't realize that they are hurting them even more

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It helps to have the students make a creation to show their understanding

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It helps to have the students make a creation to show their understanding

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small assessment will help understand students previous knowledge.

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It's critical to do! And it doesn't take much time.

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Students must create something for assessment to be meaningful and authentic.

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May help us build stronger parent partnerships

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May help us build stronger parent partnerships

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student considerations: what am I learning, why am I learning it and how will I know I have learned it?

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student considerations: what am I learning, why am I learning it and how will I know I have learned it?