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The how, why and when of assessment
5 year assessment workshop
Science Done Right Conference
Teaching
Assessment
Learning goals
Curriculum alignment
When curriculum, assessment and teaching are all aligned with overall goals
Why?
Curriculum alignment is …
“a primary predictor for student achievement in
math and science”Schmidt et al, 2005
Why?
Why? To check progress (teacher and student)
To collect data (SLT and parents)
Summative
Why? To develop independent learners
Students need the opportunity to evaluate and reflect on their own scientific understanding and ability.
Formative
Understand the goals for learning scienceThrough self-reflection, students clarify ideas of what is important to learn. They realise that they ‘can do science’.
"Assessment should be deliberately designed to improve and educate student performance, not merely to audit as most school tests currently do.” GRANT WIGGINS
How?
Practice exams
Transfer tasksQuizzes
MCQ
Extended response
Short response
FormativeSummative
Oral questioningObservation
FormalInformal
Teacher assessedSelf assessed
How? Balanced
Assessments must be consistent with the decisions they are designed to inform
• Assessments are deliberately designed.
• Assessments have explicitly stated purposes.
• The relationship between the decisions and the data is clear.
How?
Assessment needs to be:• ValidThe feature that is claimed to be measured is measured
• ReliableA student’s performance is similar on two or more tasks that claim that use the same criteria
How?
When?• Effective assessment is
ongoing and continuous
• This gives students frequent opportunities to gain feedback, modify their learning approached and methods and observe their progress.