The four purposes of assessment

THE FOUR PURPOSES OF ASSESSMENT

Peter Liljedahl

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Traditional Assessment Practices agriculture - early educational research psychometrics – IQ testing fear – of parents (and administrators) ranking – sorting students from best to

worst

Purpose 1

The purpose of assessment is NOT to rank students!

DISCUSS

ACTIVITY

What qualities do students need in order to be successful at this (or a similar) activity? List all of them! Circle the THREE that you see as most

valuable!

Most VALUABLE qualities1. persistence / perseverance2. thinking3. group work / collaboration4. interest / curiosity5. risk taking

working to completion establishing certainty for themselves

Purpose 2

EVALUATE that which is VALUABLE!

DISCUSS

BREAK

Navigation - metaphorNavigation requires knowledge of: where you are! where you are going!

What are the implications on teaching and learning?

Purpose 3

The PRIMARY purpose of assessment is communication for navigation!

Purpose 4Reporting out on student progress!

Purpose 4

Reporting out on student progress!

Communication for NavigationTwo example:1. performance rubrics2. feedback – the story of Linda

Many more examples:3. homework4. journals5. retests6. review / test prep7. etc.

Performance Rubrics

• strands• discrete performance categories• descriptive language

• BE CAREFUL!

Evolution of a Rubric

Evolution of a Rubric

Evolution of a Rubric

Evolution of a Rubric

Working to Completion

Communicating Certainty

TRY IT create one self-assess

Using Rubrics

surprising results self assessment peer assessment exemplars clothes line assessment AS learning

Feedback – the story of Linda read it discuss it answer any question(s)

DISCUSS

LUNCH

ACTIVITY

Purpose 4

Reporting out on student progress!

ScenarioIt is the end of Term 1 and a student who received a B on their report card comes to see you. His question for you is – what content did I fail to master? His question is motivated by the fact that he wants to make sure he knows it for the year end exam. So, you look in YOUR markbook. Based on what is in YOUR markbook, what can you tell him?

Markbooks & Reporting Out

Two paradigms:1. collecting points2. collecting data

Collecting PointsHW#1 HW#2 Quiz#1 HW #3 Quiz#2 Test

Out of 10 10 20 10 20 40

Andrew 6 8 12 4 16 30

Brian 10 10 19 10 18 35

Charlie 9 8 20 0 19 38

Deanna 0 0 5 0 10 22

Elaine 6 9 15 6 12 28

Francis 0 10 20 10 20 38

Grant 9 8 17 8 15 40

Hugh 5 4 4 4 5 15

Collecting Data – one example

Andrew HW#1 IA#2 Quiz#1 HW #3 Quiz#2 TestLO #1 ws LO #2 ws LO #3 ☼ ws LO #4 - ☼ ☼ LO #5 - - - ☼ ☼

PG #1 - 3 - - - -

PG #2 - - - 1 - 3

PG #3 - - 2 - - -

DISCUSS

Webinars

November 23 – rubrics and feedback December 14 – gathering data

PLAN

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