Most importantly, students need to use the learning scales to
reflect on their assessment results.
Not exact matches
Because - and especially in their
assessments - they tend to
reflect familiar categories: The sharp and often distorting distinctions among and between «subjects»; age grading; the value placed
on quick recall; the dumbing down of the quality and grace of expository prose to make it fit into some sort of rating scheme; the overload of material to be covered, usually the inevitable
result of intracommittee ideological logrolling, which leads to a bit of this and a dollop of that; the almost absolute denial of a value placed
on individual ingenuity, craggy but provocative thinking, sustained work, and desirable variety; the lack of interest, signaled by the
assessment apparatus, of the virtues of fairness, good character, and imagination.
Thus we can lay the foundation by developing and implementing
assessments that accurately
reflect student learning, and then use the
assessment process and its
results to either support or verify achievement (depending
on the context).
Now that your team has completed the
assessment, the Discussion Guides will help you
reflect on the
results and plan your next steps.
After each round of
assessment, teachers come together for a day or half day of professional development where they interpret
results,
reflect on areas for growth, and collaborate to develop action plans.
Teams must focus their efforts
on crucial questions related to learning and generate products that
reflect that focus, such as lists of essential outcomes, different kinds of
assessment, analyses of student achievement, and strategies for improving
results.
For example, teams are expected to clarify essential outcomes; develop and utilize the
results of common, formative
assessments; collaboratively analyze student learning (particularly the
results of formative common
assessments); and
reflect on their instructional practices in order to improve the learning levels of their students.
First,
Results encourages leadership teams to reflect on their overall student learning results and look beyond the minimum measures of state academic asses
Results encourages leadership teams to
reflect on their overall student learning
results and look beyond the minimum measures of state academic asses
results and look beyond the minimum measures of state academic
assessments.
It's certainly useful to start telling parents now that the scores
on the Smarter Balanced
assessment should not be compared with the CST
results of the past, because they
reflect different standards.
Down the hall, Mr. Williams passes out individual
results on the
assessment and asks students to take out their data binders to graph their own progress,
reflect on their data, and determine action steps.
The
results of the self -
assessment will help you
reflect on your strengths and needs and provide you a roadmap to navigating the guide.