This presentation follows Chapter 1 of Seven Strategies of Assessment for Learning by Jan Chappuis. It is part of the ETS Assessment Training Institute

1. ASSESSMENT FOR
LEARNING
Part 1: August 16, 2010
Monday, August 16, 2010

2. BASEBALL PARTNERS FOR
REVIEW AND DISCUSSION
Second
Base
Third First
Base Base
Home
Plate
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3. INSIDE THE BLACK BOX
Raising Standards Through Classroom Assessment
Corner Nightmare by zphaze
A Synthesis of Research on the Effects of Formative
Assessment
by Paul Black and Dylan Wiliam
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4. FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT
All those activities undertaken by teachers and by
their students [that] provide information to be used
as FEEDBACK to modify the teaching and
learning activities in which they are engaged.
--Black & Wiliam, 1998
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5. Research consistently shows that
regular, high-quality FORMATIVE
ASSESSMENT increases student
achievement.
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6. REVIEW AND DISCUSS
Read through the excerpt from “Inside the Black Box.”
Note the 3-5 most important points to you. (5 minutes)
Share with __ Base Partner, then group of 2 or 3 others at
your table. (5 minutes)
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7. ACCORDING TO THE BLACK
& WILIAM ARTICLE:
Which formative assessment practices are
ESSENTIAL to improved student
achievement?
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8. BLACK & WILIAM
SYNTHESIS OF RESEARCH:
1. Does better FORMATIVE assessment = higher learning?
2.Does formative assessment need improving?
3.What improvement is needed?
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9. BLACK & WILIAM RESEARCH ON
EFFECTS OF FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT:
.4 TO .7 GAIN
.7 Standard Deviation Score Gain =
25 Percentile Points on ITBS (middle of score range)
70 SAT Score Points
4 ACT Score Points
Largest Gain for Low Achievers
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10. RECOMMENDED
PRACTICES
Increased descriptive feedback, reduced evaluative feedback
Increased student self-assessment
Increased opportunities for students to communicate their
evolving learning during the teaching
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11. KEY 1: CLEAR PURPOSE
AND
KEY 5: STUDENT INVOLVEMENT
What does
Assessment
FOR Learning
look like?
100_6343 by rockyradio
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12. What formative assessment practices are you
familiar with?
With your ___ Base Partner, list all you can
think of that you have seen, done or read about.
Consider both teachers and students as
decision-makers
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13. A key premise is that for students to be able to improve, they must
have the capacity to monitor the quality of their own work during
actual production. This in turn requires that students:
Know what high quality work looks like
Be able to objectively compare their work to the standard
Have a store of tactics to make work better based on their
observations
--Royce Sadler, 1989
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14. ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING MEETS
STUDENTS’ INFORMATION NEEDS:
Where am I going?
Where am I now?
How can I close the gap?
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15. ASSESSMENT FOR
LEARNING STRATEGIES
Where am I going?
1. Provide a clear statement of the learning target.
2. Use examples and models
Where am I now?
3. Offer regular descriptive feedback
4.Teach students to self-assess and set goals
How can I close the gap?
5. Design focused lessons
6.Teach students focused revision
7. Engage students in self-reflection; let them keep track of
and share their learning.
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16. ACTIVITY DIRECTIONS:
Assign one of the seven strategies to each person at your
table.
Appoint a table monitor to pay attention to time.
Read the explanation of your assigned strategy.
Be ready to explain the key idea of your strategy and how it
addresses Sadler’s key question.
Share your explanation with your table.
Note ideas that are familiar and ideas that are new to you
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17. FIND YOUR __ BASE PARTNER
AND DISCUSS:
An idea from the Seven Strategies that IS NOT NEW to you
An idea from the Seven Strategies that IS NEW to you
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18. ASSESSMENT FOR
LEARNING STRATEGIES
Where am I going?
1. Provide a clear statement of the learning target.
2. Use examples and models
Where am I now?
3. Offer regular descriptive feedback
4.Teach students to self-assess and set goals
How can I close the gap?
5. Design focused lessons
6.Teach students focused revision
7. Engage students in self-reflection; let them keep track of
and share their learning.
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19. New Idea:
Formative assessment can and should be done
BY STUDENTS
as well as by teachers. The key to improvement is
how students and teachers use assessment information.
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20. Assessment for Learning:
The ultimate user of formative
assessment information is the
student.
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21. WORK CITED
Black, Paul, and Dylan Wiliam. "Inside the Black Box:
Raising Standards Through Classroom Assessment."
Phi Delta Kappan 80.2 (1998): 139-148. Web. 16 Aug
2010. <http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/
assessment/files/2009/02/blackbox_article.pdf>.
Chappuis, Jan. Seven Strategies for Learning. 1st ed.
Portland, OR: Educational Testing Service, 2009.
3-14. Print.
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