RBISAssessment
Workshop
February 19, 2011
Assessment in the PYP
Central Idea: Assessment is integral to all teaching and learning.
Lines of Inquiry:1. The purposes and perspectives of assessment2. How effective assessment support the
teaching and learning cycle.3. Record-keeping and reporting on student
learning.
1. The purposes and perspectives of assessment
Independent Activity – Read through the standards
Complete Standards/Evidence Survey
The purposes and perspectives of assessment
Pair/Share Activity - Complete survey -“What do you believe about
assessment”
Share with a Partner
The purposes and perspectives of assessment
Group Work –
Formulate a statement about the purpose of assessment
The Purpose of Assessment is …
To determine student progress
To improve student learning
To inform provide info for teacher to plan appropriate teaching and learning
Break
10 Minutes
The Principles of Assessment
Each group will be assigned a section to summarize and present through
Visuals Song Drama Interpretive dance Role play
In Authentic Assessment…
Children apply their knowledge and skills in a in situation or to a task that is meaningful to them and is within the range of typical classroom activity.
Tasks are close as possible to real-life practical and intellectual challenges in a real-life context.
Authentic Assessment is…
Planned and structured so all students can understand the reasons behind the assessment tasks
Ensures students are aware of learning intentions and criteria for success
Reveals shared set of learning outcomes that show strengths and areas for improvement.
(Shirley Clarke)
Authentic Assessment Activity
As a group share a completed planner Work through the Characteristics of Authentic
Assessment to evaluate the planner
LUNCH
2. How effective assessment support the teaching and learning cycle
Effective assessments are planned and built in the learning, not added after the event.
Identifying the summative and formative assessments in the planning process before starting the planner identifies what is worth knowing and assessing.
2. How effective assessment support the teaching and learning cycle
Group Activity –
Thinking Like An Assessor
Sort these questions into: Thinking like an assessor Thinking like an activity designer
Assessment…
Of learning – summative
We will know that we have learned this because …when…
For learning – formative
Learning along the way
(Lorna Earl)
Article Jigsaw
Article Titles Article Titles Article Titles
Formative and Summative Assessment
Activity –
Identify OF and FOR in the formative and summative assessments of a UOI planner
Sort activities into formative and summative and explain why
How to determine what is worth understanding?
Activity –
I really understand…
I understand because…
I needed to…
Snowball
Write down something that you have learned or something that has affirmed your understanding of assessment.
3. Line of Inquiry - Record-keeping and reporting on student learning.
Self-evaluation
How often do you use these?
How comfortable using a rubric, a continuum?
3. Line of Inquiry - Record-keeping and reporting on student learning.
In grade level teams, pick a formative assessment and create a rubric
3. Line of Inquiry - Record-keeping and reporting on student learning.
How are you incorporating student self-reflection and self-reporting in your assessment?