Classroom Assessment for Student Learning

Doing it Right-Using it Well

Goals of Assessment

Assessment of Learning• Main purpose = sorting

students; promotion & graduation; certify competence

• Done after learning

Assessment for Learning• Main purpose = promote

improvement; diagnose & support student needs; see progress over time

• Process during learning

• Assess accurately and use assessment to grade/sort students and to benefit them.

Assessment• Assess Why?

– For: diagnostic/planning for teacher, student, or others; student self-assessment– Of: report card grade; other accountability decisions

• Assess What? – Knowledge, reasoning, skills, product development (based on GLEs); called learning

targets• Assess How?

– Selected Response (multiple choice, T/F, fill-ins, short answer)– Constructed Response (students use several sentences to respond to a question or

task; teacher uses a scoring guide to judge correctness of response)– Performance Assessment/Event (based on observation and judgment)– Personal Communication (find out what students know by interacting with them)

• How Important?– % of class time spent on learning target = % of assessment attributed to learning

target