Assessment

Authentic Assessment http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/toolbox/index.htm

"A form of assessment in which students are asked to perform real-world tasks that demonstrate meaningful application of essential knowledge and skills" -- Jon Mueller

"...Engaging and worthy problems or questions of importance, in which students must use knowledge to fashion performances effectively and creatively. The tasks are either replicas of or analogous to the kinds of problems faced by adult citizens and consumers or professionals in the field." -- Grant Wiggins

"Performance assessments call upon the examinee to demonstrate specific skills and competencies, that is, to apply the skills and knowledge they have mastered." -- Richard J. Stiggins

• Coalition of Essential Schools http://www.essentialschools.org/cs/resources/view/ces_res/138
• Problem-Based Learning (add wording back to web site) http://www.besteducationalservices.com/bus_solutions/home.html

Portfolio – A portfolio documents learning over time. This long-term perspective accounts for student improvement and teaches students the value of self-assessment, editing, and revision. A student portfolio can include:

• journal entries and reflective writing
• peer reviews
• artwork, diagrams, charts, and graphs
• group reports
• student notes and outline rough drafts and polished writing

Exhibition -

Demonstration -

Project/Problem-Based Learning - Problem based learning is a widely used inquiry technique that involves having students learn by solving real-world problems through a series of steps, while working in groups.

http://crossroads.georgetown.edu/vkp/resources/glossary/problembased.htm

Product, Service -

• writing, revising, and presenting a report to the class
• conducting a week-long science experiment and analyzing the results

http://wik.ed.uiuc.edu/index.php/Authentic_Assessment

http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslpubsandjournals/slmrb/editorschoiceb/infopower/selectcallison85.htm

http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/toolbox/examples/authentictaskexamples.htm

• Scoring Guides/Rubric: A scoring scale used to assess student performance along a task-specific set of criteria. A list of required elements are grouped together to make the scoring guide with point specific designations.
• Portfolio/E-Portfolio: A collection of a student's work specifically selected to highlight achievements or demonstrate improvement over time (e-portfolio is electronic and usually accessible on the Internet).
• Authentic Task: An assignment given to students designed to assess their ability to apply standard-driven knowledge and skills to real-world challenges.
• Self-Assesment: Evaluating one's own performance to determine stregth and weaknesses and reflecting on what improvements can be made to enhance product
• Oral Interviews: Teacher asks student questions about personal background, activities, readings, and other interests.
• Story or Text Retelling: Student retells main ideas or selected details of text experienced through listening or reading.
• Writing Samples: Student generates narrative, expository, persuasive, or reference paper.
• Projects/Exhibitions: Student works with other students as a team to create a project that often involves multimedia production, oral and written presentations, and a display.
• Experiments/Demonstrations: Student documents a series of experiments, illustrates a procedure, performs the necessary steps to complete a task, and documents the results of the actions.
• Constructed-Response Items: Student responds in writing to open-ended questions.
• Teacher Observations: Teacher observes and documents the students attention and interaction in class, response to instructional materials, and cooperative work with other students.

Collection of Student Data

Student Follow-up of Graduates