Assessments

1. 4. Performance

1.1. Defintion: An assessment that requires students to apply their knowledge of what they learned in the unit by completing a task.

1.1.1. Examples:

2. 5. Diagnostic

2.1. Defintion: Serves as a pre-assessment to determine a students knowledge about a unit or topic. This allows teachers to gauge student strength and weakness.

2.1.1. Examples:

3. 3. Summative

3.1. Definition: An evaluative assessment that is to be used at the end of an instructional period/unit.

3.1.1. Examples:

4. 2. Interim/Benchmark

4.1. Definition: Evaluative assessments that are used periodically throughout a school year.

4.1.1. Examples:

5. 1. Formative

5.1. Definition: A range of assessments that are used to monitor student mastery and are used to adjust instruction where needed to promote student growth.

5.1.1. Examples:

6. H.O.T Questions

6.1. Opening Questions

6.1.1. What does it mean to retell a story?

6.1.2. What are the strategies in retelling a story?

6.2. Guiding Questions

6.2.1. What happened first, in the middle, at the end?

6.2.2. How are the characters like you?

6.3. Closing Questions

6.3.1. What is the moral of the story?

6.3.2. What questions do you have about the story?