Assessments

1. Closing

1.1. When I added heat to the ice cube it melted. What would happen if I took away heat from the ice cube?

1.2. Slavery took away the freedom of African Americans. What freedoms are you thankful for?

2. Benchmark Assessment - gives you feedback on where your students are at.

2.1. In the middle of the unit.

2.2. Ex...District Assessment

3. Performance Assessment - requires students to perform a task rather than choose an answer.

3.1. Values application over memorization.

3.2. Projects, Dreambox, Games etc.

4. Diagnostic Assessment - Inform teachers of any major student achievement gaps and other academic abilities.

4.1. Often given the first day of class.

4.2. Ex...Pre-Course Test in textbooks.

5. H.O.T. Questions

5.1. What are some examples of fractions in our every day lives?

6. Guiding

6.1. What are some examples of fractions in our every day lives?

6.2. How do you think life would be different if slavery never existed?

7. Opening

7.1. How would you feel if you had to work all day without getting paid?

7.2. We talked about adding numbers to other numbers last week. What would be the opposite of that operation?

8. Formative Assessment - Gathers student evidence of learning. Informs you if you need to adjust instruction strategies.

8.1. Ex...discussion, quiz, etc.

8.2. Continuing cycle.

8.3. Provides feedback.

9. Summative Assessment - Gives students feedback of their understanding of the entire unit, after being given all of the instruction.

9.1. Takes place at the end of the unit.

9.2. Gives you a representative sample.

9.3. Ex...Standardized Testing, final exams, cumulative projects.