Assessment in the PYP Part 2
by Gabriela Pelosi
1. assesses knowledge, understanding, skills, attitudes, action
2. provides feedback on learning process
2.1. fosters critical thinking and self-assessment skills
3. gathers and analyses information on student's performance
3.1. in accordance with the programme standards and practices
4. teacher
4.1. is mindfull of desired outcomes
4.2. employs self-assesment
4.3. employs appropriate techniques
5. includes students, teachers, parents and administrators,
6. summative
6.1. gives the students opportunities to demonstrate what has been learned.
6.2. give teachers and students a clear insight into students’ understanding
7. formative assesment
7.1. information that is used in order to plan the next stage in learning
8. strategies
8.1. observations
8.2. performance assesments
8.3. • keeping records of test/task results.
8.4. • keeping records of test/task results.
8.5. Open-ended tasks Situations
9. Reporting—how we choose to communicate information.
10. process and products of inquiry
10.1. is the student deepening inquiry?
10.2. are they looking for solutions of real problems?
10.3. are they mastering skillls?
10.4. are they working independently and collaboratively?
10.5. are they accumulating knowledge and applying understanding?
11. Assessing—how we discover what the students know and have learned.
12. Recording—how we choose to collect and analyze data.
13. includes
13.1. representative examples of students’ work or performance
13.2. evidence of students’ understanding and thinking
13.3. documenting learning processes of groups and individuals
13.4. engaging students in reflecting on their learning
13.5. students assessing work produced by themselves and by others
13.6. developing clear rubrics
13.7. identifying exemplar student work
13.8. keeping records of test/task results.
14. tolls
14.1. rubrics
14.2. anectdotes
14.3. exemplars
14.4. checklist
14.5. continuums
