Assessments

1. Formative: a type of assessment that can be used as a tool to give feedback to students or guide your instruction. This type of assessment is not a grade but more like a guiding tool to help guide the teachers instruction. These types of assessments are given throughout the unit.

1.1. Red Robin Charts

1.2. Strategic Questioning

2. Performance:a type of assessment that can determine the knowledge and understanding of the students. This assessment must be a tangible task that can serve as an evidence of learning.

2.1. Research Projects

2.2. Portfolios

3. Diagnostic: this type of assessment can be used as a "pre-assessment" to help determine a students ability or knowledge before a lesson is taught.

3.1. Surveys

3.2. Conceptional Questioning before a lesson

4. Benchmark: a type of assessment that is a test that provides teachers with feedback on how well the students are meeting the educational standards.

4.1. History Benchmark Exam

4.2. Math Benchmark Exam

5. H.O.T Questions:

5.1. Opening Questions

5.1.1. What is this problem asking us to do

5.1.1.1. What is the signifigance to ___ ?

5.2. Guiding Questions

5.2.1. How is ___ related to ____?

5.2.1.1. Classify ___ according to ____ ?

5.3. Closing Questions

5.3.1. What ideas can we add to ___?

5.3.1.1. How can you create/ design a new ____?

6. Summative: This type of assessment is one that a teacher gives at the very end of the unit. This assessment is usually high stakes and measures the students mastery of the educational skill.

6.1. District Assessments

6.2. State Assessments