Assessments

1. Interim-Benchmark

1.1. Definition: Evaluates where students are in their learning process and determines whether they are on track to performing well on future assessments.

1.1.1. Example: Essays

1.1.2. Example: Unit test

2. Dignostic

2.1. Definition: Determines students' individual strengths, weaknesses, knowledge and skills prior to instruction. It's often helps to guide lesson plans.

2.1.1. Example: Graphic Organizer

2.1.2. Example: Pre test

3. Performance

3.1. Defintion: Authentic assessment that requires students to perform a specific task.

3.1.1. Example: Projects

3.1.2. Examples: Demonstrations (science)

4. Formative

4.1. Definition: Used to monitor as well as adjust student learning throughout a lesson.

4.1.1. Example: Exit/Admit Ticket

4.1.2. Example: Round Robin

5. Summative

5.1. Definition: Evaluate student learning at the end of an instructional unit.

5.1.1. Example: State Assessments

5.1.2. Example: End-of-semseter exams

6. H.O.T Questions

6.1. Topic: Solving Word problems

6.2. Opening Question: What is the problem asking you to do?

6.3. Opening Question: How do you think you will solve this problem?

6.4. Opening Question: Which operations will you have to use to solve this problem? Add, subtract, multiple or divide?

6.5. Guided Question: If you know that she had some flowers, then she took ___ away and was left with ___. What operation do you think you will have to use? How do you know?

6.6. Guided Question: It this problem similar to the one we just did? What steps could you do on this problem?

6.7. Closed Question: I like that you solved it that way, how could you check your answer?

6.8. Closed Question: What strategy helped you the best to solve that problem?