Our Assessment Journey

Literacy Coach: Andrea HnatiukMath Coach: Cindy Smith

How well do I understand assessment?

Your Assessment Experience• I remember one time when….• A really positive experience for me was

when….• One thing I’ve never forgotten is…..• Some things I remember my teacher(s) doing

are….

Why Do We Assess?

What is Assessment?

• Systematically conducted • Contributes to an overall picture of each

student’s achievement

How Do We Assess?

• Assessment For Learning• Assessment As Learning• Assessment Of Learning

Formative Assessment• Informs our practice• Provides information about what students

already know (preassessment), are learning, and have learned.

• What has been learned? What needs to be learned?

Relies on specific, descriptive feedback that relies on criteria and is focussed on improvement.

Some Formative Assessment Activities• Flip cards, stop lights, fist to five, thumbs up/down• Conversations, talking probes, Think Pair Share• Entrance slips, exit slips• Debates, show me, model, teach me, explain your reasoning. • White boards• Senteos (clickers), cell phones, ipads

Summative Assessment• A summary of the level to which students have

reached or mastered outcomes• Evaluation• How students performed in relation to a standard.• Considers evidence and decides whether or not

students have learned what was needed and how well they have learned it.

• Reported using grades, numbers, or checks

Assessment Evidence

Observations

ConversationsProducts

Formative

During Learning

To inform decisions on instruction, and to

help students understand where

they are in their learning

Summative

After Learning

For communication to parents and for placement

Shifting the Balance

Western and Northern Canadian Protocol for Collaboration in Education. (2006).

Where we were, where we’re going

Education is a journey, where teachers and leaders are learners alongside students. Together we need to make learning more meaningful to students. Together we learn to create an education system that addresses 21st century learners, children who will be competent citizens in a technological, collaborative global community.