While families in affluent parts of the state rail
against assessing student learning, children in high need communities suffer.
Not exact matches
It was my intention to simultaneously promote mastery
learning as well as increase
students» ability to metacognitively
assess their work
against a given set of standards.
2) Plenary PowerPoint template which directs
students to
assess their
learning against the lesson objectives.
Students are
assessed against learning progressions in aspects of literacy, numeracy and science.
Assess learning outcomes achievement, monitor
students» performance
against program goals, and share valuable feedback to promote deeper reflection on
student learning experiences.
While these tests do
assess standards and the items have been field tested and correlated
against other items to ensure a more valid measure of those standards, it is still a snapshot and it is limited in how these test scores can inform
students and teachers about
learning strengths and next steps.
From my work with teachers, I found that these are some of the critical teaching strategies that support
students to become assessment - capable learners: Provide time for
student reflection on their
learning Involve the
students in developing success criteria & rubrics for their own assessment Let
students assess their own work & measure this
against teacher judgements Provide feedback & encourage
students to set goals from this assessment Be explicit about what
learning progressions look like & encourage
students to use these to set their own
learning goals Provide opportunities for
students to achieve goals through attending teacher - led or peer - led clinics And celebrate goals when they are achieved!
Of course, sharing the
learning targets with
students once the targets are developed will help to inform where clarity is needed as well as help
students to self -
assess against the
learning progression.