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Assessment principles and practices Quality assessments in a digital age2111 

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Assessing student learning (G Masters) 双语

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16 Six Defining Principles of authentic assessment

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Single Point Rubrics: What Are They And Why You Should Be Using Them - The Teach Simple Blog

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Most teachers are familiar with using rubrics to assess their students. Frequently, these rubrics are in one of two styles: holistic or analytic. But a…

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Probing for Student Learning

At one time, teachers didn't monitor student learning or make adjustments during teaching. There was little differentiation and students either succeeded or didn't. Teachers taught the material and gave a test at the end of the unit to determine student understanding. This is called masterly measurement.

We now know that in order to help students succeed, teachers should keep a close eye on students throughout the teaching process. Teachers need to develop methods of probing for student understanding. They continually use probes of different kinds, like conversations, questions, and quizzes designed to see what students understand and what they may need more help with. Let's zoom in on this method of progress monitoring.

Monitoring Students in the Classroom

Mary is a new teacher who wants to meet the needs of all her students. With 24 first graders, this started out as something she felt confident she could do. She knows that each student is unique and in order to meet all needs, she should adjust what is taught and how it is taught, or differentiate her instruction. She thought differentiation was a simple process and underestimated one thing - how will she know who needs what?

Luckily, her mentor teacher, Helen, is a seasoned pro. Helen teaches Mary that in order to identify student needs, teachers need to monitor, or closely watch and note, student learning. Monitoring students as they make progress requires careful planning and an awareness of the overall picture. Take a look.

Components of Careful Progress

Helen has been working with students for so long that she seems to monitor her students' progress without even thinking about it. She naturally listens to her students during class, notices and notes strengths and struggles, and effortlessly adjusts learning, either on the spot or later on. This is something Helen has perfected over the years and involves the following series of steps that can be used to monitor students' progress:

1. Determine current level of performance

2. Plan instruction

3. Monitor student learning

4. Respond to student needs

Let's say Helen is teaching a lesson on fractions. In order to determine what her students currently understand about the topic, she gives a pre-assessment, an informal screening she'll use as a baseline for instruction. As she looks over these assessments, Helen learns what each student's current understanding of fractions is and can plan instruction, both whole group and individual.

During a whole group lesson, Helen keeps a close eye on how students are responding to instruction. She may use a variety of techniques - more on this in a bit - and adjust her teaching to respond to these needs. For example, if she's demonstrating how to reduce fractions and notices her students are not responding to her questions, she may stop her lesson and change her teaching to catch students up. Mary understands about determining student needs before teaching begins, and knows how to plan instruction at the upstart, but how can she learn the nuanced skill of monitoring student progress and making adjustments during instruction?

Probing Techniques During Instruction

At the beginning of this lesson, we discussed the use of probes to monitor student learning in the classroom. Teachers use probes to identify what students understand and what they need more instruction on. Back to Helen and her fractions. She has several informal techniques to monitor her students' learning, including:

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monitoring student learning in the classroom - video & lesson transcript | study.com

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Monitoring Student Learning in the Classroom - Video & Lesson Transcript | Study.com

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At one time, teachers didn't monitor student learning or make adjustments during teaching. There was little differentiation and students either succeeded or didn't. Teachers taught the material and gave a test at the end of the unit to determine student understanding. This is called masterly measurement.

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Verbal Feedback and Monitoring Student Progress HD

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Observational Assessment | The Importance of Educational Assessment in Early Childhood

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Authentic Assessment in the Early Childhood Classroom, P21