Transcript Feedback for Learning Learning Progressions

Formative Assessment
William Reid Parent Council – November 12, 2013
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Teaching – Assessment - Learning
“Assessment: the bridge between teaching and learning”
Wiliam, 2011
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Formative vs. Summative Assessment
Cook
Guests
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Assessment and the CBE
Rich assessment is the systematic
gathering, interpreting, and responding to
information about students. Teachers and
students need to know what students
know, how they know it, how they show it
and what they need to know next. In this
process, student agency, or involvement,
is critical.
CBE Guiding Principles of Assessment, p. 2
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Assessment-Informed Classroom Climate
FROM
 Motivated students
can learn
 Teacher is
responsible of
learning
 Role of classroom
assessment is to
compare students
and give grades
(summative)
TO
 All students can learn
 Teacher and students
share responsibility
for learning
 Role of classroom
assessment is to
inform teacher and
student adjustments
(formative)
Popham, 2011, p. 146
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Key Strategies – Assessment for Learning
1. Ensure everyone concerned understands criteria
for success
2. Collect evidence of where students are in their
learning progress
3. Provide feedback that moves learners forward
Wiliam, 2007
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High Quality Feedback
Will the feedback help the learner improve their
learning?
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Timely
Connected to learner outcomes
Specific
Strengths
Questions – Next steps
Individualized
Accessible
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Continuous cycle of learning
Purpose &
Learner
Outcomes
Goal &
strategies
Criteria
for
Success
Reflect
Evidence
Feedback
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Formative Assessment at Home
Goal: to
maintain a
tidy bedroom
1. Criteria for
success
2. Evidence
3. Feedback
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Keeping Parents Informed
Over the course of this year, we need to talk about some
key questions:
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What is most important for you to know about how
your child is doing at school?
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Are there ways that teachers have communicated this
information to you that you think are particularly
effective? Ineffective?
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Do you have other ideas about how we could better
communicate?
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