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Asking students to demonstrate their understanding of the subject matter is critical to the
learning process; it is essential to evaluate whether the educational goals and standards of
the lessons are being met.
This guide is organized into six sections:
Introduction
Why Is Assessment Important?
Types of Assessment
Workshop Activities
Teacher Beverly Hoeltke goes over Key Learning's unconventional progress report -which includes self-assessment -- with a student and his mother.
Grant Wiggins, a nationally recognized assessment expert, shared his thoughts on
performance assessments, standardized tests, and more in an Read his answers to the
following questions from the interview and reflect on his ideas:
Do you agree with his statements? Why or why not? Discuss your opinions with your
peers.
When assessment works best, it does the following:
Provides diagnostic feedback
What is the student's knowledge base?
What is the student's performance base?
Evaluates progress
How is the student doing?
What teaching methods or approaches are most effective?
Can the student demonstrate and use the new skills in other projects?
Motivates performance
For student self-evaluation:
Now that I'm in charge of my learning, how am I doing?
Now that I know how I'm doing, how can I do better?