Many teams will be working to unpack standards, identify learning targets, and
then align assessments to the targets.
Not exact matches
But
then it goes on to say something about «modernizing the teaching force, benchmarking academic standards, and
aligning assessments and creating new models for math and science education.»
If we're intentional about the process of a teacher's work (pedagogy, curriculum, and standards),
then assessment of this work needs to
align with the other work they do.
The state contracted with private, nonprofit organizations to develop new curricula
aligned to the common core, developed a web site that included sample lessons and professional - development materials, and
then developed a new
assessment tied to the standards and administered it in the spring of 2013 — two years before most states had planned to put new tests in place.
The Finnish National Board of Education defines the courses and standards, municipalities
then write an
aligned curriculum, and teachers write the lessons and
assessments.
If the
assessment is
aligned with World class Instructional Design and
Assessment (WIDA) standards and measures English language development,
then the district may use a commercially developed
assessment.
That is, we need to establish a hypothesis for what outcomes we would see if the
assessment is
aligned and
then assess to confirm or disconfirm that hypothesis.
As the research tells us, if that curriculum is guaranteed — taught in every classroom — and viable —
aligned to the standards and
assessment system —
then that can and will produce improvements of 25 to 40 percent, depending on whose research you read; Lezotte, Reeves, Schmoker, Hattie or others.
Instruction
aligns with those expectations, and
assessment aligns with instruction; teachers can
then account for their own performance in the classroom by teaching in ways that reflect this alignment, gathering information on students» abilities, and responding to that information by adjusting instruction.
As states moved to implement the new Standards (and
aligned assessments), an anti-Common Core coalition arose first on the far right among Tea Party activists and
then from the left, particularly among teacher advocacy groups.
If instruction is to be consciously
aligned with challenging standards,
then all components of the
assessment and accountability system must be
aligned with those standards.
The state will
then look for an
assessment aligned to the future standards.
backwards design — A curriculum design philosophy that begins with identifying the end goals (student outcomes such and knowledge, understandings, skills, as well as learning standards or big ideas),
then developing
assessments aligned to these goals, and finally outlining the learning opportunities (lessons) necessary for students to achieve the desired outcomes.
If educators» instructional tasks and
assessments are
aligned to the summative
assessment, which is
aligned to the rigorous expectations of the grade level standards,
then student performance can be predicted and intentionally improved well in advance.