1. Feelings
1.1. students and teachers should feel purposeful
1.2. Given in a supportive fashion
1.3. Given as informational tool
2. Attributes
2.1. Informs instruction
2.2. Purposeful
2.3. Differentiated
2.4. Tied to unit goals
3. Feelings
3.1. About creating assessment
3.1.1. Overwhelming
3.1.1.1. There are so many ways to assess
3.1.1.2. How do we appropriately assess all learners with one summative assessment?
3.1.2. Concern for stress on kids
3.1.3. Integral to learning
3.2. About taking assessments
3.2.1. informative
3.2.2. Stressful
4. Assessing
4.1. Formative
4.2. Summative
4.3. Reflection/self Assessment for students and teachers
4.4. Effective for teachers students and parents
4.4.1. Differentiated
4.4.1.1. Learning Styles
4.4.1.1.1. Cultural Contxts
4.4.2. Informative
4.4.3. Reflective
4.4.4. Analytical
4.4.5. Collaborative
4.4.6. Tied to learning outcomes
4.5. Gives a clear picture of the student/learning
5. Recording
5.1. Tools
5.1.1. Rubrics, Exemplars, Checklists, Anecdotal Notes, Continuums
5.2. Strategies
5.2.1. Observation, Performance, Process-focused, Selected Responses, Open- Ended Tasks
5.3. Audio/Visual
5.3.1. Portfolios
6. Main objective of assessment
6.1. FEEDBACK
6.2. Developing Inquiry
7. Different testing approaches
7.1. Computers
7.2. Verbal
7.3. Written
7.4. Artistic
7.5. Standardized
7.5.1. MAP
7.5.2. Smarter Balanced
7.5.3. DIBLES
7.5.4. SAT
8. Types
8.1. Formative
8.1.1. Exit tickets
8.1.2. Observation
8.1.3. Progress Monitoring
8.2. Summative
8.3. Teacher Designed
8.4. Student Designed
8.5. Pre-assessment
9. Reasons for
9.1. To know that goals have been met
9.2. To find out what we know
9.3. To inform instruction
9.4. To set goals
10. Reporting
10.1. Parents , Students, Teachers
10.2. Reflect school values
10.2.1. School Policies
10.3. Clear and understandable
10.4. Conferences
10.4.1. Parent/teacher
10.4.1.1. Student-led (parent/teacher/student)
10.4.1.1.1. Student/teacher
10.5. Written Reports
10.6. Exhibitions
10.6.1. Galleries