Effective Assessment

Practices

What do you know about this shape?

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It is assessment that occurs regularly

It informs both students and teachers about their progress and where they need to grow

It should be used to guide instruction

Formative Assessment

Good formative assessment results in:

achievement gains for all students largest gains for low achievers increased confidence increased effort increased risk taking

Research shows that...

I can get this!

Examples of Formative Assessment

a true picture of student learning becomes a quick and easy assessment tool

differentiates and shows level of students’ learning (open ended questions)

guides future lessons

Math Journals

Make a pattern.

How can you show 10?

What can you tell me about the number 246?

What do you know about this shape?

11

Got It 2

Getting There 1

Not Yet 0

Journal Scoring Rubric

In your journal, estimate how many

sugar cubes are in the container. Explain

how you estimated using words and/or

pictures.

Example: Open-Ended Journal

Estimating

Evidence Wall

Portfolios

Observations

Oral Assessments/ Conferencing

Can be done in small group setting or individually

Discuss work and address misconceptions

Used to increase student reflection about the lesson which has just occurred.

This quick 5-minute activity allows teachers to see what their students are thinking, provides insight on any misconceptions, and can guide future instruction.  

Ticket out the Door/Exit Cards

1. Write about something you learned today or had difficulty understanding.2. Describe how you solved a problem today.3. Write a question you'd like to ask or something you'd like to know more about.4. What math words do you clearly understand or have difficulty understanding? 5. In what ways do you see today's math connected to your everyday life?

Ticket out the Door Questions

Summative assessment usually occurs as test

at the end of teaching a curriculum outcome.

Multiple choice (bubble sheets) Mental Math quiz Short answer True/False Fill-In-The-Blanks

Summative Assessment

Gathers feedback which can be used by the instructor and students to guide improvement in the on-going teaching and learning context.

Helps instructors to refine and improve their teaching practices.

Measures the level of success or proficiency that has been obtained at the end of the instruction of an outcome.

Designed to assess student knowledge of skills already taught.

Formative Summative

For Assessment to be helpful to students…

it must inform them of

• what they have done well,

• what they need to work upon,

• and what they need to do next in order to improve.

“If students know what they are to learn,

you increase the chances that they will learn.”

Harry Wong

Numeracy Nets

Numeracy Nets

…catching students before they fall through the cracks

Resources

So Let’s Wrap It Up…