2. AGENDA
• Technology Overview
• Assessment Overview
• Language Arts Assessments (Reading and
Writing)
• Math Assessments
• Social Studies & Science Assessments
• Unit & Project Assessments—Ongoing and Formal
• Sources
4. ASSESSMENT OVERVIEW
Common Core State Standards look at these 4 Assessments:
Interim/benchmark assessments—Tests given every two months or so. They
predict how well students will do on state tests and give teacher an idea
for where students are at
Formative assessments—Practice, don’t need to be graded, help teachers and
students look at progress and what needs to be learned (homework, quizzes)
Performance assessments—Collection of work/observations (portfolios)
Summative assessments—Measurement of how much learning has taken place
after a unit or certain amount of time (state tests, final exams)
5. LANGUAGE ARTS ASSESSMENT
• Lexia-For literacy development and
formal assessment; gives objectives
and individual progress reports for
each student—all assessments involved
• Reading A-Z- For reading, writing,
grammar skills, proficiency and
comprehension. Helps to align
instruction to individual student
needs—all assessments involved
• Writing Tester- Looks at grammar and
how many “big words” are included in
what was written. Students get a score
out of 100 and aim for a higher score—
formative and performance assessments
http://teachthemhowtoread.blogspot.com/2011/04/reading-z.html
http://cantonschools.blogspot.com/2010/05/what-is-lexia.html
6. MATH ASSESSMENT
• Math Whizz- Pre and on-
going assessment
quizzes—formative and
performance assessments
• Go Math/Big Ideas-
Ongoing assessment
(formative and
informal) with quizzes
and guides for re-
teaching—formative and
performance assessments
http://pbsjanet.blogspot.com/2013/05/this-is-my-results-on-math-whizz
http://www.plethorahomeschool.com/go-math-academy/
http://www.bigideaslearning.com/blog/
7. SOCIAL STUDIES & SCIENCE
ASSESSMENT
• Excel-Record and collect data
tables and graphs—formative
assessment
• Survey Monkey-Create surveys
and gather student
interests/knowledge through
survey—formative assessment
• Mastery Connect-monitors
student progress with standard
based formative assessments;
also assesses bubble sheets—
benchmark/interim and summative
assessment
• Geddit-Instant feedback,
quizzes—formative assessment
http://letsgeddit.com/public/articles/how-do-I-run-my-first-
lesson
http://blog.mailchimp.com/surveymonkeys-new-create-chart-
http://gettingsmart.com/2013/10/killer-app-masteryconnect-reinvents-report-
card/
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/07/first-look-excel-
2013/
8. UNIT & PROJECT ASSESSMENT
• Clicker-Great for multiple choice questions throughout the
lecture. This can collect data and show what percentage of
students answered each question—formative assessment
• Google Docs-Great for students to plan projects,
communicate with classmates, and check in with teachers
for feedback—formative and performance assessment
• PowerPoint/Web 2.0 tools- Great for sharing information
(graphs, data, research, student work) to students or
information that students want to share. Great for
teachers to see the meaning that students gained from the
project—formative and performance assessment
• Zangle- Grading system for teachers that allows teachers
to record new assignments, record scores, look at data for
each quarter, look up SBA scores, and take attendance—
Shows results and graphs of all types of assessment
http://courses.csusm.edu/resources/clickers/
http://www.sanjuan.edu/webpages/mjope/tech4teachers.cfm?subpage=1
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9. SOURCES
*A lot of our information came from personal experiences, below is where we retrieved
information that we summarized.
• Assessment information retrieved from www.scholastic.com/ and http://www.learninga-
z.com/commoncore/assessment.html
• Geddit information retrieved from https://edshelf.com/tool/geddit
• Lexia information retrieved from
http://lexialearning.com/lexiaresearch/whitepapers/teacher-effectiveness
• Mastery Connect information retrieved from http://ilearntechnology.com/?p=4095
• Math whizz information retrieved from https://www.whizz.com/en-us/
• Reading A-Z information retrieved from http://www.readinga-z.com/
• Survey Monkey information retrieved from https://www.surveymonkey.com/
• Writing Tester information retrieved from http://www.writingtester.com/
