Assessment for Learning

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Assessment for Learning
Assessing Learners and Learning We will be
covering
Competition and Assessment
Standardized Testing
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Introduction

• What is assessment for?
• What purpose does it serve?

The views you hold for the purpose of education
will determine how you assess your students. So
we must first take a look at the question What
is the purpose of education?
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Introduction

• Who is assessment for?

• Does this affect how we assess?

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Assessment for Learning
Competition and Assessment
Standardized Testing
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Assessment for Learning
Classroom Assessment
Large Scale Assessment
VS.
purpose?
purpose?
Assessment for learning
Assessment of learning
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Assessment for Learning

• Description of Learning
• Describe
• Inform
• Use/Guide

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Assessment for Learning

• Foundations of Learning
• Mistakes
• Feedback- Descriptive vs. Evaluative
• Time to Learn
• Success

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Assessment for Learning
Samples and Criteria
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Assessment for Learning
Evidence of Learning
observations
What is the student able to do? What does
the student know?
collection of products
conversations
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Assessment for Learning
Communication of Learning
Teacher
Student
Parent
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Assessment for Learning

• Translating Formative Assessment to
  Evaluating/Reporting
• Evaluate
• Involve
• Summarize
• Finalize/Report

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Assessment for Learning
Competition and Assessment
Standardized Testing
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Competition and Assessment

• Should we encourage competition in the classroom?

• Should we post grades of students?

• Should we rank them?

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Competition and Assessment

• What are the pros and cons of competition?

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Competition and Assessment

• Where do we draw the line between competition
  and recognizing outstanding achievement?

• Should we have an honor roll?

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Competition and Assessment
One View Competition, in classrooms as on
the athletic fields, could destroy childhood
and distort an entire lifetime. In an educational
institution there is no need for grading,
promotion, ranking, tracking, or labeling. A
tremendous burden would be removed if teachers
could teach without "evaluation," if people would
come to school to learn rather than for credit,
and if the sole motivation for learning would
become interest. (Campbell, 1974)
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Competition and Assessment
Another View There is no possibility of
isolating children from exposure to
competition. There will always be institutional
comparisons school assessments, secondary school
grading and streaming, tertiary entrance
selection methods, employment selection, etc. And
there will always be interpersonal competition.
There is no way to stop child A from saying to
child B, Ha ha ha, Ive got three
dollars/points/friends and youve only got
two. (http//www.fcs.vic.edu.au/docs/newsletter
_sep99.pdf, 10-15-05)
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Competition and Assessment

• By encouraging competition in assessment are we
  preparing them for the real world? Maybe we
  should be purposefully introducing competition
  into the classroom

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Competition and Assessment
QUIZ TIME!!
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Competition and Assessment

• How does competition affect the self-esteem of
  children?

• What about reverse competition?

• How are you doing with the Master of Teaching
  program? Weve been stripped of competition.

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Assessment for Learning
Competition and Assessment
Standardized Testing
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Standardized Testing

• What is it?

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Standardized Testing

• Is standardized testing good or bad?

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Standardized Testing

• Do standardized tests accurately record student
  achievement and knowledge?

The Debate!

• Pros versus Cons of standardized testing.

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Standardized Testing

• What did you learn from the debate?
• Now what do you really think?

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Standardized Testing

• Who has not taken a standardized test in either
  elementary or secondary? Heres a memory
  refresher..

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Standardized Testing

• How did that feel?

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Standardized Testing

• Have your opinions changed at all since the
  beginning of class?
• If you were against standardized testing did the
  debate change your mind?
• If you were for it, did taking the test change
  your mind?

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THANK YOU!