This document discusses 21st century assessment and how to effectively assess student learning. It suggests using frequent formative assessments with sound feedback to significantly improve learning. Effective teachers unpack standards to identify essential content, organize content into topics, and develop assessments to evaluate student mastery of targets. The document also recommends having students self-assess using reflections, rubrics, and portfolios to establish a common language for evaluating skills and effort.

1. 21st Century Assessment SD ESA2 November 7, 2009

2. “An effective teacher enhances student learning more than any other aspect of schooling that can be controlled.” Marzano

4. Essential Questions What does 21st century assessment look like? How does 21st century assessment encourage learning? How do effective teachers use assessment?

5. Discuss at Your Table HOW HAVE YOU BEEN ASSESSED? What was effective? What wasn’t effective? (So Best and Worst...)

7. 21st Century Assessment Behavior Attendance Skills Work Completion Subject Knowledge Effort

8. Comprehensive Assessment

9. Frequent formative assessments, with sound feedback, significantly improve learning.

10. Use frequent assessments that encourage learning and … Show that low scores do not imply failure Show that effort results in high scores

11. How to begin Unpack standards Identify essential content Organize content into categories (topics) Limit 15-20 topics per subject/grade level Organize categories or topics into targets Develop assessments

13. UNPACKED CONTENT STANDARDS TARGETS TOPICS ASSESSMENTS

14. Student Self-assess Reflections Rubrics Portfolios

15. From Latin rubrica=

16. A Common Language

18. Criteria

20. Handouts 5-12 Use Effort/Success Comparisons Effort logs Effort/Achievement Rubrics Effort/Achievement Comparison Graphs Effort Honor Rolls Effort Handouts 5-13