Feedback on assessment:

• Assessment gives accurate information about learning and social/emotional needs

• Assessment can be used to tailor lessons to the needs in your classroom

Classroom/teacher tips:

• Look at your day in a linear way, find and implement scheduled to use time effectively

• Lean on others for support, its hard to do this alone!

Feedback on assessment:

• Assessment is a procedure for making inferences.

• Understanding the validity of interpretation is needed for utilizing assessment results.

Working smarter, not harder:

• Design assessments strategically in order to gain information efficiently

• Identify the difference between at-risk assessment and proficiency assessment, and utilize accordingly.

  
  

Feedback on assessment:

• "Knowing what they know"

• Determining what they gained from a lesson in order to guide teaching.

Tips:

• Exit tickets are a great tool for consistent assessment of learning! These can be customized for different units as well.

• "Quick assessment is the best assessment"

• Relationships are essential to success in the classroom.

Feedback on assessment:

• Elementary classrooms have TONS of assessment- this is through multiple areas as well.

• Goal- every kid grows, no matter where they start.

Tips:

• Learning continuum in math can help with individualized growth.

• Small-group assessment and work is a great tool in order to encourage fluidity in the classroom

• Collaborative work in education is wonderful, and essential towards more consistent success in schools.

  
  

Feedback on assessment:

• Can look many different ways, but is a tool in its essence in order to provide support to students

• Younger kids with more complex behaviors tend to need more anecdotal notes

• Paras use data and record it as well in order to have information to provide feedback to students and/or parents

Tips:

• When looking at reading, look back on running records beyond the initial benchmark assessment

• Assessment is even more needed in the SpEd world in order to help customize lessons for each individual need.

Tips:

• SMART goals are a great asset for students and educators

• Make sure you always create your own rubric, don't just automatically utilize one from someone else. It can be adjusted, but this is needed in order to make sure it matches the standards you are wanting to address.

• Rubrics are great at not only establishing expectations, but explaining the grade received as well.

• Not all formative assessments need to be graded and entered in to the grade book.

Tips and Notes:

• A tool to determine what students know, and what they need to learn next

• Kindergarten benefits from fast and easy assessment

• Get help/listen to your team and your coworkers

• Always be willing to take a risk and try something new.

• Always be engaged with students!

• Keep phone out of the classroom

Tips:

• You need to be able to adjust assessment as needed for different kids. Not every kid will test in the same way.

• Assessment is never final, you always need to present opportunities for growth

• Finalizing a grade can mean that the learning stops- always keep things open for growth.

• Maintain your own personal mental health. Be sure to take care of you.

Assessment Definition:

• An estimation of the quality, nature or ability of something.

• A snapshot of an individual on that day, in that moment.

Tips:

• There are a variety of assessments you can do with different students, you are not limited to certain types.

• Always use your resources to take the time to learn about assessment.

Tips:

• The biggest thing teachers need to do is make observations.

• Day-to-day activities are a big part of assessments.

• Having small groups allows for every level of student to get support and time with the teacher

• Make sure you build relationships with students, parents and with other staff.

• Make sure you build confidence with students, and take the time to get to know them better.