Assessments
by Maria Warren
1. Authentic Assessment
1.1. Part of a child's ongoing life and learning in the classroom, playground, hallway, lunchroom, and other typical school and center settings.
1.2. Tasks are as close as possible to real practical and intellectual challenges.
1.3. Example 1: Students actively match sort and classify information instead of underlining a picture or bubbling in as circle.
1.4. Example 2: Students count to solve classroom or individual problem instead of counting dots or pictures on a page.
2. Summative Assessment
2.1. Sometimes referred to as Evaluation.
2.2. Is dome at the end of a period of time (for example: the end of the year, or the end of a research project).
2.3. Is used to determine the effectiveness of a program
2.4. Grades are sometimes considered a summative evaluation of what children learned.
3. Performance Assessment
3.1. A specific type of assessment in which students demonstrate a skill or create a product that shows their learning.
3.2. Example 1: if motor coordination is being measured, the child performs the appropriate action.
3.3. Example 2: If writing is under consideration, the child writes.
4. Formative Assessment
4.1. An assessment used to gather information
4.2. Information gathered during these assessments is used to shape and improve (help in the formation of) an instructional program.
4.3. Most classroom assessment is done for formative purposes.
4.4. The information gained during these assessments is used to plan intention instruction to help students learn.
5. Alternative Assessment
5.1. Also known as informal assessment
5.2. Does NOT include standardized tests
5.2.1. New node