Assessment (Edited) includes: Assessing / Recording / Reporting

1. Allows for self-reflection and ownership of acquired knowledge

2. What?

2.1. Testing for prior knowledge?

2.2. Testing for knowledge acquisition throughout UoI?

2.3. Testing for cumulative progress?

2.4. Skills

2.4.1. Improvement in fine motor skills?

2.4.2. Cognative development?

3. When?

3.1. At the beginning of UoI ?

3.2. Periodically throughout the UoI ?

3.3. At the end of UoI ?

4. Summative Assessment

5. Formative Assessment

6. Evaluation should consider: growing student's inquiry / integration of knowledge / mastery of skills / a growing knowledge base / independent and collaborative work by students

7. Evidence of learning shows in the classroom, eg: student work, evidence of understanding and thinking, reflection of own learning.

8. Assessment can serve as a guide for future teaching and a comprehensive overview of the school program.

9. How?

9.1. Verbal

9.1.1. Open discussion

9.1.2. Class presentation

9.1.3. Expressed observations

9.2. Written

9.2.1. Assessment worksheets

9.2.2. Story Writing

9.2.3. Parent assisted written work

9.3. Other

9.3.1. Games targeted for further practice of specific skills

9.3.2. Making inferences based on stories, film and audio

9.3.3. Art activities based on specific themes

9.3.4. Options for information gathering

9.3.4.1. Providing options and allowing for individual choice to complete task

10. Imperative tool for all stake-holders: student s, teachers, parents and school. A valuable tool to be perceived positively by all involved. Can be done in a variety of ways (taking into consideration individual learning styles). Serves as a tool for helping to identify student interests, thinking process and extending student's learning.

11. TOOLS

11.1. RUBRICS

11.2. EXAMPLARS

11.3. CHECKLISTS

11.4. RECORDS

11.5. CONTINUUMS

12. STRATEGIES

12.1. OBSERVATIONS

12.2. PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS

12.3. PROCESS-FOCUSED ASSESSMENTS

12.4. OPEN-ENDED TASKS

13. inter-connected