Assessment & Evaluation Leads To Differentiated Instruction

Assessment & EvaluationDifferentiated Instruction
University of Windsor, Faculty of Education
OTF Workshop
December 3, 2010
Presented by:
Kelly Power, WECDSB
Ben Hazzard, LKDSB

The learning is in the doing.

Differentiated Instruction

Jesse
Julia

Assessment FOR Learning
Turn and talk.
What do you think Assessment FOR Learning means?

The ongoing process of gathering and interpreting evidence about student learning for the purpose of determining where students are in their learning, where they need to go, and how best to get there. The information gathered is used by teachers to provide feedback and adjust instruction and by students to focus their learning.

What can I do in my classroom to know and engage my learners?
tinyurl.com/AFORL2010

Diagnostics
Learning Styles
Interest Surveys
Activating Prior Knowledge
Tell me what you know about decimals …

Knowing & Engaging our Learners
WHO?
Making Instructional Choices Based on Students
Instructional Approaches
HOW?
Organizing Content
WHAT?

Assessment AS Learning
The process of developing and supporting student metacognition. Students are actively engaged in this assessment process: that is, they monitor their own learning, use assessment feedback from teacher, self, and peers to determine next steps; and set individual learning goals.
What one (1) word would you choose to represent this definition?

Will students be able to answer the following questions…
Student
Teacher
Student/Teacher

What is the goal?To improve student learning and to develop independent learners.

Level of Teacher Support
Gradual Release of Responsibility

… helping students become independent learners requires a culture in which student and teacher learn together in a collaborative relationship … teacher acts as a “lead learner”, providing support while gradually releasing more and more responsibility to the student, as the student develops the knowledge and skills needed to become an independent learner.
Teacher-Student Relationship
Pg. 30
How will you support students to become self-directed assessors of their own learning?
tinyurl.com/AASL2010

Miss, are you going to mark this?
Observations
Assessment Tools
Anecdotal Comments
Descriptive Feedback
What they are doing well
What needs improvement
What specific steps to take to improve

Assessment OF Learning
How much ‘stuff’ do you need to make a judgement?
When will you make the judgement?
Why are we making judgements?

The process of collecting and interpreting evidence for the purpose of summarizing learning at a given point in time, to make judgements about the quality of student learning on the basis of established criteria, and to assign a value to represent that quality. The information gathered may be used to communicate the student’s achievement to parents, other teachers, students themselves, and others. It occurs at or near the end of a cycle of learning.

How much ‘stuff’ do you need to make a judgement?
When will you make the judgement?
Why are we making judgements?
What will be the currency of your classroom?

Professional Judgement
Is informed by professional knowledge of…
Curriculum
Context
Evidence of student learning is triangulated
Methods of assessment and instruction
Criteria and standards that indicate success in student learning

Evaluating Student Work
Conversations
Observations
Products
Summarizes what students know and can do with respect to overall expectations and performance standards in achievement chart
Achievement AND Learning Skills & Work Habits
Reflects students’ most consistent achievement
Gives special consideration to more recent evidence
Involves teachers applying professional judgement to evidence

Think of each student:How is he/she doing?What is your evidence?Is it quality evidence?

Compare & contrast how you were evaluated as a student and how you would evaluate now.
tinyurl.com/AOFL2010

So what’s my head fake?
And what’s my double head fake?

Apply & Extend
What assessment tools have you already observed?
Where do they fit in the Assessment FOR/AS/OF Learning framework?
tinyurl.com/extend2010

More practical support:
ae.misalondon.ca
Learning Skills & Work Habits
Writing Report Card Comments

Assessment & Evaluation Leads To Differentiated Instruction

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