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SS 205 Assessment

Instructor: Kevin Martin
Email:kmartin2@sandi.net

Dates: Sept. 10, 2009 – Jan. 19, 2010
Meeting Times: 5:30 – 9:00 PM
3 Salary Credits, 45 Hours

Office Hours arranged with course instructor.

Agenda

September 10, 2009

SS 205 Assessment and Diagnosis

n Welcome and Introductions

n Cover key points in the syllabus

n PowerPoint Presentation – Introductions to Assessment

o Summative and Formative

SS 205 Syallbus Word document

Agenda

September 17, 2009

SS 205 Assessment and Diagnosis

n Complete PowerPoint Presentation – Introductions to Assessment

o Summative and Formative

n Introduce types of Assessments

o Multiple Guess

o Essay

o Portfolio

The Black Box PDF document

Agenda

September 24, 2009

SS 205 Assessment and Diagnosis

n Complete types of Assessments and guidelines for writing them

n Present Intern project

o Case study

n Activity – Interns will start to create practice assessments in class. Partners will take the assessment

Intern Case Study Word document

Agenda

October 1, 2009

SS 205 Assessment and Diagnosis

n Effective feedback – What does it sound like and what does it look like?

n Complete Assessment Activity – Partners will grade each other’s assessment. Feedback will be given by the grading intern.

o What type of feedback was given?

o Was there enough feedback to move a student forward? Why or why not?

n Last 30 minutes to work on case study

Agenda
October 8, 2009

Bias in Assessment - PowerPoint presentation

Group discussion at key points during the presentation

Case study work
HW - All interns will bring in graded student work (test, quizzes, etc.) with written feedback to the students. Will examine next class period.

Agenda
October 15, 2009

Provide effective feedback handout (see link below).

Have interns discuss key points of the handout.

Examine student work

With partner, examine the type of feedback you provided to your students. What are the strengths and weakness of the feedback provider?

Interns will be given time to modify the feedback. Make sure the feedback is specific.

Afterward, interns will switch student work with partner. How does the new feedback compare to the old? Be specific.

Effective Feedback file

This topic 8

Agenda

October 22, 2009

SS 205 Assessment and Diagnosis

n Creating Rubrics – PowerPoint presentation (Norris – Good)

n Hand out sample rubric – Interns will discuss strengths and weaknesses of each rubric

Sample Rubrics file

Agenda

November 5, 2009

SS 205 Assessment and Diagnosis

n Reading – Power and Control at the State and National level

o Introducing High-Stakes testing

o No Child Left Behind Act of 2001

n Reading Debrief

n Last 30 minutes to work on projects

SS 205

Assessment Agenda for November 12, 2009

· Moving students forward – Ask the interns how they have used either formative or summative assessment to modify their lessons in the last two weeks. How were these modifications used to move students forward? Please write this on a separate sheet of paper. (Let the interns brainstorm for a few minutes. They will share their thoughts with a partner and then the class).

· PowerPoint presentation – Look in the note sections for each slide. There are questions and/or activities associated with some of the slides.

· Professional Readings – Interns will discuss readings, if time permits

o From High-Stakes Testing to Assessment for School Improvement

o Standardized testing and its Victims

· Work on Projects, if time permits.