Teach smarter not harder 0510

Teach Smarter Not Harder Porter W. Palmer Discovery Educator Network

Do you love assessment?

Continuous Improvement Model

Teaching without assessment is like…

Summative vs. Formative Assessment
Summative assessment – assessment of learning
State-wide tests
NAEP
Exams
MANY classroom tests
Formative assessment – assessment for learning
“Formative assessment is not a test. Rather, it is an ongoing process in which teachers use test-elicited evidence to adjust their instruction or students use it to adjust their learning tactics .” Jim Popham

Formative Assessment
Research on formative assessment has shown that when teachers practice good formative assessment and students participate in it, BOTH achievement and motivation increase.
This achievement increase can be as much as .4 to .7 standard deviations. That’s like moving from the 50 th percentile to the 65 th or 75 th percentile.
These effect sizes are larger than most of those found for educational interventions.

How do you know what your students need?
Survey Monkey
EasyTestMaker
Google Forms
Poll Everywhere
Quizlet
DE Quiz Builder
DE Assessment
Benchmarks
Progress Zone
http://tinyurl.com/algebratest123

Student input
Google Docs
Tiny Chat
Edmodo
Wall Wisher

Continuous Improvement Model

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Teach smarter not harder 0510

by Porter Palmer on May 22, 2010

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