The document discusses Common Core assessments and their goals. It explains that Common Core assessments will have two main parts: new standards and new assessments aimed at producing college and career ready students. The assessments will be more complex, requiring tasks in multiple disciplines, research, and presenting multiple points of view. They will also apply data to produce real world products. The assessments are intended to both evaluate learning outcomes and guide instruction for improved learning. They will use a variety of testing methods beyond simple right/wrong answers, including performance, constructed response, portfolios and self-reflections evaluated with rubrics.

1. Chapter 8
Assessment

2. How can Common Core help?
The plan will have
two main parts:
new standards
new assessments
goal
producing
students who
are college
and career
ready.

3. Assessment EVENTS
Complexity tasks in multiple
disciplines
Students conducting research
Students presenting multiple points
of view and interpretations
Students required to apply data in
order to produce a real world
product

4. Assessment:
Assessment is defined as
the gathering of
information for the
purpose of making
decisions about learning.

5. There are two categories of
assessment:
OF learning and FOR learning
OF learning: snapshots of how much
a student has learned
FOR learning: occur every day in the
classroom and provide date for
improving learning and instruction.

6. Types of TESTS
 The purpose of testing can be formative (ongoing
during learning) or summative (at the end of
learning – a snapshot)
 The design can be norm (ITBS) or criterion
referenced (Common Core) – students will not be
compared to each other but will be compared to
the standard
 The methods may include: formal, informal,
written, oral, content-based, and performance-
based

7. Common Core Assessments
The majority of assessment will not be simple
correct and incorrect responses.
 performance,
 constructed response,
 portfolio
 self-reflections.
 Rubrics will be key.
 Assessment will drive instruction.

8. Major Purposes of
PARCC Assessments
 Determine if students are college and
career ready
 Assess all common core standards
 Assess student performance
 Provide data that will inform instruction,
indicate interventions, suggest
professional development, and measure
growth and provide accountability
 Incorporate innovative approaches

9. In elementary we can
• make sure our students have key
boarding skills such as simple
techniques such as cut and
paste as well as the use of all
symbols.

10. • begin teaching research skills

11. • teach techniques for
attacking and answering
multiple choice questions
that have more than one
correct answer.

12. • focus on opinion writing.