Learning Task 1 by Natalie Larson [Rogich MS]

Benchmark

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Example of benchmark learning: MAP testing.

This annual assessment is performed at various times throughout the year to reflect what they have learned and where they can grow.

Assessment

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Example: Comprehension quiz at the end of the chapter. This generates data for the teacher to evaluate student learning.

Classroom/Instructional

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Example: Fist to Five. I use this quick technique to get a quick grasp of students' confidence regularly. I may use it when introducing vocabulary, or when practicing a new concept. Students are comfortable giving me a level in this low stakes response system.

Common

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Example: unit exam. This exam is driven by creating an equal reference point across our team and grade level. Students have access to the same information and are given the same assessment on the same day.

Criterion-Referenced

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Example: SBAC. This state driven test compares students annually to one another. It measures students in the areas of English Language Arts and Mathematics using a nationally developed criterion standard set.

Diagnostic

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Example: KWL charts. We kick off our historical fiction unit with a gallery walk, giving students a KWL chart, Students view the pictures (actively learning and building background) and categorize their thoughts in the three categories.

Formal

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Example: PSAT in 8th grade. Students in CCSD began practicing the PSAT during their 8th grade year to get ready for the common assessment in high school. This formal assessment gauges where each student is at and prepares them for comfortability with the testing in years to come.

Formative

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Example: Comprehension questions on a close read. This quick assessment strategy gives me a clear picture on what parts of a text I need to spend more time on while we are reading a selection.

High-Stakes

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Example: ACT for 11th grade students. My son just took this test last year. It is a test that not only ranks students, but has outcomes attached (college acceptance).

Informal

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Example: Observation. We did book groups last year in quarter 4 in my ELA classroom. Once a week students went into breakout groups and were given discussion topics. I circulate and observe (with a clipboard). WHile I do not have a specific data point I am collecting, I unofficially observe them to gather data as they are peer learning.

Interim

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Example: a common SLG utilized across our department grade level team. This is used to collect data on student growth and teacher effectiveness. This is team designed and tracked and administered, scored with a specific rubric.

Large Scale

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Example: The ACT is given to all 11th graders across the United States. It measures how much they have learned and collects large amounts of common data.

Norm-Referenced

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Example: SAT. WHile this type of testing may be a thing of the past, the SAT compares a group of students at the same age or grade as one another and places them on a bell curve.

Performance

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Example: Student produced and researched advertisement campaign. This project or performance based assessment encourages students to not only work together to produce an end result, through their collaboration they are learning through doing and through their peers.

Standardized

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Example: Praxis. These tests teachers take are given within the same parameters to the same population. It measures performance for evaluation and eligibility.

Summative

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Example: Informational Essay. This type of assessment is building. Teachers build knowledge and gradually release students to complete their task. Students are graded with a rubric and the knowledge they have gained throughout the unit.