Assessments

1. H.O.T. Questions

1.1. Opening Questions

1.1.1. How does a police officer help our community?

1.1.2. What is an experience you've had with a community helper?

1.2. Guiding Questions

1.2.1. How does the firefighter use the firehouse to do his job?

1.2.2. Can you tell me in your own words what the doctor does for the community?

1.3. Closing Questions

1.3.1. What do you think it would be like to be a __________?

1.3.2. Can you think of any situations where you would need one of these community helpers?

2. Assessment Data

2.1. ELAR MAP Data Student 1: 120 Student 2: 128 Student 3: 130

2.2. Strategies: Pull out for intervention to work on letter sounds - do formative assessments to check for improvement. Small group guided reading to improve comprehension and practical decision making, do Running Records to check for areas where they need more work.

3. Resources: google.com, ASCD: Professional Learning & Community for Educators, nwea.org, study.com

4. Formative

4.1. Definition: including diagnostic testing, is a range of formal and informal assessment procedures conducted by teachers during the learning process in order to modify teaching and learning activities to improve student attainment.

4.2. Example: a classroom poll

5. Interim/Benchmark

5.1. Definition: short tests administered throughout the school year that give teachers immediate feedback on how students are meeting academic standards.

5.2. Example: MAP testing

6. Summative

6.1. Definition: used to evaluate student learning, skill acquisition, and academic achievement at the conclusion of a defined instructional period—typically at the end of a project, unit, course, semester, program, or school year.

6.2. Example: a final exam

7. Performance

7.1. Definition: a form of testing that requires students to perform a task rather than select an answer from a ready-made list.

7.2. Example: making a chart for how intersection lights need to be changed to send to police station

8. Diagnostic

8.1. Definition: form of pre-assessment that allows a teacher to determine students' individual strengths, weaknesses, knowledge, and skills prior to instruction.

8.2. Example: unit pretest