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AFL

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5D: Assessment for Student Learning

Prompt: What is standing out to you about Assessment for Student Learning?

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Learning Targets & Success Criteria

1) UNDERSTAND how Assessment for Learning (AFL)

strategies can be used to improve student achievement

*Assessment for Learning (AFL): Daily formative assessment that involves students in the process and focuses on improving learning, rather than simply measuring it

❏ I can IDENTIFY 7 AFL strategies and EXPLAIN their

impact on Envision Academy’s 4-year college

acceptance results.

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Learning Targets & Success Criteria

2) LEARN more about one AFL strategy and CREATE a plan to

implement AFL in your classroom/school/district

❏ I can SELF-ASSESS which AFL strategy I want to start working on in my classroom/school/district and justify with evidence

❏ I can HIGHLIGHT and ANNOTATE significant quotes in an article on one AFL strategy

❏ I can CREATE a plan/timeline that includes:

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Collect evidence of learning

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7 AFL Strategies

Where am I going?

Where am I now?

How can I close the gap?

1. Learning Target: Engage Ss in a clear, student-friendly learning target

3. Feedback: Collect evidence of student learning & offer descriptive feedback in the moment

5. Small Group Instruction: Design lessons to focus on one aspect of quality at a time

2. Exemplars: Use models of proficient and emerging work

4. Self-Assess: Teach Ss to set goals & self-assess

6. Revision: Teach Ss focused revision

7. Student-Ownership: Engage Ss in self-reflection, tracking & sharing learning

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Envision Academy 4-Year College Acceptance Results

FRL Latino AA Multi White SPEDDemographics 77% 46% 34% 15% 3% 10%

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AFL Year 2

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Learning Targets & Success Criteria

1) UNDERSTAND how Assessment for Learning (AFL)

strategies can be used to improve student achievement

❏ I can IDENTIFY 7 AFL strategies and EXPLAIN their

impact on Envision Academy’s 4-year college

acceptance results.

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Self-Assess: Evaluate AFL Strategies

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Differentiated Readings

X (Facilitator)

General AFL: Motivational -

The Why

General AFL: Focus on the 3 Questions

(LTs and Feedback)

Exemplars

Feedback Small Group Instruction:Setting up systems/

management

Small Group Instruction:Teaching &

Learning in the Small Group

Learning Targets

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Learning Targets & Success Criteria

2) LEARN more about one AFL strategy and CREATE a plan to

implement AFL in your classroom/school/district

❏ I can SELF-ASSESS which AFL strategy I want to start working on in my classroom/school/district and justify with evidence

❏ I can HIGHLIGHT and ANNOTATE significant quotes in an article on one AFL strategy

❏ I can CREATE a plan/timeline that includes:

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Collect evidence of learning

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Best Practices Modeled

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