Forget Testing…

Dean Shareski!Community Manger!Discovery Education

Forget Testing…

Let’s Get Serious About

Assessment

Dean Shareski!Community Manger!Discovery Education

How Do you Define Learning?

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How Do you Define Learning?

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“I try to distinguish betweencontexts of productive andunproductive learning. Andby productive, I mean that

the learning process is one thatengenders and reinforceswanting to learn more.

Absent wanting to learn,the learning context is

unproductive orcounterproductive.”

“Information will be learned slowlyand doomed to rapid forgetting

unless they are quickly attached to aframework of knowledge that we

already possess.”

Rick Stiggins Alfie KohnCathy Davidson

Ken O’ConnorJoe Bower

Assessment Heroes

Grant Wiggins

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Could you pass this test?

Could you pass this test?

Discuss

“MEASURABLE OUTCOMES MAY BE THE

LEAST SIGNIFICANT

RESULT OF LEARNING”

Dr. Linda McNeil

Why we need to rethink Assessment

Rich Documentation +

Meaningful Feedback

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“We may not be able to measure learning, but we can document it”

“If you say you don’t have time for assessment, you assume that the teaching is more important

than the learning. Feedback is the key to reaching goals.

“If you say you don’t have time for assessment, you assume that the teaching is more important

than the learning. Feedback is the key to reaching goals.

Saying there’s no time is to confuse causing learning

for mentioning stuff.” Grant Wiggins

Assessment is not a Spreadsheet

Assessment is not a Spreadsheet

It’s a Conversation

How We Might Begin to Rethink Assessment

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4 Big Ideas

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Self/Peer Assessment

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“Who owns the learning?”

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“Who owns the assessment?”

What did you learn from others?

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What did you contribute to the

learning of others?

Student Choose Weighting

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“Taught me to examine my work critically”

“...enabled me to focus on learning”

“Taught me to examine my work critically”

“...enabled me to focus on learning”

“I wasn’t comfortable assessing myself”

“Taught me to examine my work critically”

The Trouble With Rubrics

Unintended Learning

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Put Technology to Work

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Meta Cognition 1867 - 2005

Press Record

What makes that a powerful example of technology?

Reduce Workflow

Reduce Workflow

Reduce Workflow

My Evernote Trick

My Evernote Trick

Show Your Work

Board Builder

Board Builder

Make it Matterhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/edublogger/6029602465

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ATHLETIC STAGES

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ARTISTIC STAGES

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The World as Your Refrigerator

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The World as Your Refrigerator

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The World as Your Refrigerator

Warning:

Work that Matters is Really Hard to Assess

Don’t Complicate Assessment

Don’t Complicate Assessment

Don’t Complicate Assessment

What Did You Learn? What Can You Do?Why Does it Matter?

Stuart Firestein

Stuart Firestein

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dean_shareski@discovery.com

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