A More Complete Picture of Student Learning | Edutopia - 0 views
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I’m really excited to see that educators are clear about the use of formative and summative assessment.
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Our current assessments are geared toward reporting on mastery—often what the grade measures—rather than learning. But we could create assessments that value the learning along the way. Such a system would record not just quizzes, tests, written work, and presentations, but also exit tickets, and even conversations between student and teacher.
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Instead of being rigid, we should be able to change the purpose and use of an assessment in order to meet the needs of our students.
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student learning as a photo album or a body of evidence rather than as one or the other of two things, either formative or summative.
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As the teachers I work with plan units, I encourage them to not be tied down to rigid structures of assessment.
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Consider the idea of a body of evidence. When we focus on a body of evidence, we don’t have to limit ourselves to a set number of assessments.
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Here are some questions to reflect upon as we consider this approach to assessment:How can students generate their own assessment tasks? Where can I be flexible in using assessments to report on student learning? Can I use a variety of types of assessment to create an album of student learning? Can I rely on a body of evidence rather than a set number of assessments? How can I report on the most current data of my students? How should I communicate this approach to parents and students?