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Assessing for Success An invention

Assessing for Success An invention. Erin Blight, Bianca Crandall & Marie Carter. “Ok class get out your pens I am handing out your assessment this lesson”. The Fear of Assessment. 15 students absent on the assignment due date 10 students away on the day of the test Why..…?.

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Assessing for Success An invention

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  1. Assessing for SuccessAn invention Erin Blight, Bianca Crandall & Marie Carter

  2. “Ok class get out your pens I am handing out your assessment this lesson”

  3. The Fear of Assessment • 15 students absent on the assignment due date • 10 students away on the day of the test Why..…?

  4. In many cases students do not understand what they have to do…..

  5. Draft: attempt at perfection Need: What you specifically want to achieve Draft: attempt at perfection Draft: attempt at perfection Standards: What specifically do you want the invention to do/achieve? THE INVENTION: The final finished product

  6. Need

  7. Standards What informed our standards…..?

  8. Improving learning through assessment requires…… • Feedback • Active student involvement • Altering teaching practices • Awareness of students motivation and self esteem • Student self assessment Black & Williams, 1998

  9. A tool that increases students’ understanding of assessment requirements.

  10. 2.Improves students attitudes and perceptions towards assessment by allowing them to dictate their own learning and achievement goals.

  11. 3. Assist students to decode text on common task and criteria sheets, creating a bridge for students with literacy related learning difficulties

  12. 4. Arm students with the process skills to encourage Lifelong Learning - through increased self reflection, self motivation and self monitoring.

  13. 5. Incorporate the latest research on best assessment practices.

  14. 6. Work with current classroom practices not to be used as a stand alone tool

  15. Easy to read criteria sheet INVENTION “Assessment Awareness Tool” Feedback techniques “give effective feedback” How to reflect Habits of Mind

  16. Drafts

  17. DRAFT 1

  18. DRAFT 2

  19. Invention

  20. Nearly there……

  21. References • Black, P.D & Williams, D. (1998) Inside the Black Box – Raising Standards through classroom assessment. Kings College London School of Education. • Brady, L., & Kennedy, K. (2003). Curriculum construction. Sydney: Prentice-Hall. • Luca, J. and McMahon, M. (2004). Promoting Metacognition through negotiated assessment. Proceedings of Conference, ASCILITE: 2004. • Curriculum Corporation (2005) Assessment for learning. Accessed [online] at: //cms.curriculum.edu.au/assessment/at/matrix.asp on 13/11/05. Curriculum Corporation: Melbourne. • Fewester, S & MacMillian, P.D. (2002) School Based evidence for the validity of curriculum based measurement of reading and writing. Remedial and Special Education, 23(3) • Gillingham Partnership (2000-2001) Formative Assessment Project. Accessed [online] at: http://www.aaia.org.uk/pdf/Gillingham2.pdf • Kitsantas, A. (2002). Test Preparation and Performance: A Self-Regulatory Analysis. The Journal of Experimental Education, 70 (2), 101-113. 13/11/2005.

  22. Kitsantas, A., Reiser, R., A. and Doster, J. (2004). Developing Self-Regulated Learners: Goal Setting, Self-Evaluation, and Organisational Signals During Acquisition of Procedural Skills. The Journal of Experimental Education, 72 (4), 269-287. • Marzano, R. J. & Pickering, D. J.(1997). Dimensions Of Learning: Teachers Manual. Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. McREL, United States of America. • Maxwell, G. (2001). Discussion Paper: Common and Different Features of Council and Board Approaches to Assessment and Reporting. Queensland Schools Curriculum Council, Brisbane. • Maxwell, G. (2001) Discussion Paper: Teacher observation in student assessment, School of Education, University of Queensland, Australia • Peatling, L. (2000). Introducing Students to Peer and Self-Assessment. Proceedings of Conference, The University of Sydney, Australia • Pendergast, D & Bahr, N. Teaching the middle years, Rethinking curriculum pedagogy & assessment, Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest, NSW. • Pithers, B. and Holland, Y. (2003). A Study of the Purposes and Importance of Assessment Feedback. Australian Vocational Education Review, 10 (1), 15-20. • Queensland Government (2005) Smarter Learning: The Queensland Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Framework.

  23. Queensland Education (2005) Teacher Attitudes and beliefs in Queensland School Reform Longitudinal Study. • Sadler, R. (1998). Letting Students in on the Secret: Further Steps in Making Criteria and Standards Work to Improve Learning, Proceedings of Conference, Griffin University, Brisbane. • Smith, R., Lynch, D. & Mienczakowski, J. (2003). The Bachelor of Learning Management (BLM) and Education Capability: Why we do not Prepare ‘Teachers’ Anymore. Change: Transformations in Education. Vol. 6.2: 23-37. • The State of Queensland (Queensland Studies Authority) (2004), Ancient History Senior Syllabus. Queensland Studies Authority, Spring Hill, Australia. • Te Kete Ipurangi - The Online Learning Centre, Ministry of Education, Wellington New Zealand • Retrieved November 17, 2005, from http://www.tki.org.nz/r/assessment/atol_online/ppt/online_workshop_1.ppt

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