Transcript Assessment for Learning Series Overview and Introduction

Assessment for Learning Series
Overview and Introduction
Georgia Department of Education
Assessment and Accountability Division
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
Purpose of Assessment for Learning Series
Georgia is refining its assessments for students
and working to ensure that students are provided
with rigorous thinking experiences that lead to the
mastery of learning standards. This series
provides teachers with information about major
concepts, key terms and examples of classroombased assessments.
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
Assessment for Learning Series Supports
The Teacher Keys Effectiveness System
(TKES)
The series is aligned to the Teacher Assessment
Performance Standards (TAPS):
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Professional Knowledge
Instructional Planning
Instructional Strategies
Differentiated Instruction
Assessment Strategies
6. Assessment Uses
7. Positive Learning Environment
8. Academically Challenging
Environment
9. Professionalism
10. Communication
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
Topics in Assessment for Learning Series
Series 1
Module 1: Understanding and Using Constructed Response Items in Elementary Classrooms
Module 2: Understanding and Using Constructed Response Items in Middle School
Classrooms
Module 3: Understanding and Using Constructed Response Items in High School Classrooms
Series 2
Module 4: How do I work through complex issues in student responses to items?
Module 5: How can I improve students’ use of conventions through formative assessment?
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
Definitions of Assessment for Learning
• Assessment for Learning involves “(1) teachers making adjustments to
teaching and learning in response to assessment evidence, (2) students
receiving feedback about their learning with advice on what they can
do to improve, and (3) students’ participation in the process through
self-assessment.”
– Black and Wiliam (1998)
• Assessment for Learning is a “formative process used by teachers and
students during instruction that provides feedback to adjust ongoing
teaching and learning. “
– The Council for Chief State School Officers, 2010
• Assessment for Learning “pertains to the formal and informal ways
that both teachers and students gather and respond to evidence of
learning.”
– J. Chappius, Stiggins, S. Chappius and Arter (2012)
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
Using Assessment for Learning in Classrooms:
A Continuous Cycle
Assess
Current
Knowledge
Create
Lesson &
Assessment
Redesign
and Teach
Deconstruct
Standard
Provide
Feedback
Teach
Assess
Learning
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
Web Sites to Obtain Formative Assessment Items
Georgia Department of Education’s Formative Item Bank
http://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/Assessment/Pages/OAS-Resources.aspx
Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC)
http://sampleitems.smarterbalanced.org/itempreview/sbac/ELA.htm
http://sampleitems.smarterbalanced.org/itempreview/sbac/index.htm
Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARRC)
http://www.parcconline.org/samples/item-task-prototypes
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/itmrlsx/default.aspx
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
Web Sites to Obtain Formative Assessment Items
Delaware Department of Education
http://www.doe.k12.de.us/aab/English_Language_Arts/linking_documents.shtml
http://www.doe.k12.de.us/aab/Mathematics/assessment_tools.shtml
Kentucky Department of Education
http://education.ky.gov/AA/items/Pages/K-PREPItems.aspx
New York State Education Department
http://www.engageny.org/resource/new-york-state-common-core-sample-questions
Louisiana Department of Education
http://www.louisianabelieves.com/resources/library/practice-tests
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
Close-out
• The state of Georgia’s student assessments will
change to include tasks that ask students to
write explanations and show their work.
• The Assessment for Learning Series is designed
to support teachers with understanding and
using appropriate formative assessments as a
classroom routine.
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
References
Black, P. J. & Wiliam, D. (1998). Inside the black box: Raising standards through
classroom assessment. Arlington, VA: Phi Delta Kappan, 80, 139-48.
Chappius, J., Stiggins, R., Chappius, S., & Arter, J. (2012). Classroom assessment for
student learning (2nd edition). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education.
Georgia Department of Education (2013). Georgia formative instructional practices
online professional learning: Georgia FIP. www.gadoe.org/GeorgiaFIP
Heritage, M. (2010). Formative assessment and next-generation assessment
systems: Are we losing an opportunity? Paper prepared for the Council of
Chief State School Officers. National Center for Research on Evaluation,
Standards and Student Testing. Los Angeles, CA: University of California
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org