HCPSS Assessments & Portfolios

Exit Slips These can be fun and not daunting, for students or teacher. Give students a question to answer that targets the big idea of the lesson, and have them write a sentence or two. Stand by the door and collect them as they leave. Sit at your desk and thumb through them all, making three stacks: they get it, kind of get it, and don't get it all. The size of the stacks will tell you what to do next. Student Checklist Give your students a checklist and have them self-assess. Collect the checklists with each, or every other, new idea during a unit of study. Make sure they write a sentence or two explaining how they know they've got it, or why they think they are still struggling. The Three-Minute Paper This is more involved than the exit slip and often times, I'd give the kids more than three minutes. I don't use the word "essay" or they get too nervous. I might say, "Take out a piece of paper, and tell me what you have learned so far about ____________." Often they will basically write an essay (something they usually labor over in drafts and on their own!) I assess these the same way as the exit slip, by making the three stacks. One-Sentence Summary Ask students to write a summary sentence that answers the "who, what where, when, why, how" questions about the topic. Misconception Check Provide students with common or predictable misconceptions about a specific principle, process, or concept. Ask them whether they agree or disagree and explain why. Also, to save time, you can present a misconception check in the form of multiple-choice or true/false.

3. Reflection Questions – This is a sheet that asks students to quantify some of their mistakes on the assessment as a whole so that they can look at their data in the eye in order to goal-set later. On it, I ask the following: What Score Did You Get? How Many Problems Did You Get Right? How Many Did You Answer Incorrectly? How Many Bubbling Errors Did You Make? How Many Errors Did You Make Because You Didn’t Understand A Word In The Question? What words or phrases challenged you on the assessment?