Full Description
"Contains valuable and timely information on how to develop appropriate, authentic, and worthwhile assessments."
—Deborah S. Yost, Professor of Education
La Salle University
Improve student achievement on daily assignments, unit assessments, and standardized tests!
Customizing instructional approaches to a specific educational context and learners' needs is a common challenge for educators. Geared for Grades 6-12, this resource defines performance-based assessments (PBAs) and illustrates how using PBAs can help teachers target specific academic goals for students and foster positive, productive, and practical learning experiences.
Using easy-to-understand terms, the book leads educators through an assessment process that is fully integrated with the daily curriculum and that can result in significantly improved student performance. The author provides a template for recording assessment data, demonstrates how to create rubrics for teacher/student use, and offers standards-based examples featuring classroom teachers' insights. Readers will discover how to implement:
Preassessments to collect baseline data
Formative assessments that yield progress-monitoring data
Summative assessments for gathering data that is easy to use
Complete with checklists, frequently asked questions, graphic organizers, activities, and additional resources, Developing Performance-Based Assessments, Grades 6-12 is an ideal tool for engaging students in the learning process.
Contents
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Introduction
1. Examining the Many Purposes of Assessment
Demystify Performance-Based Assessments
Understand the Six Components of Assessment
Picture the Continuous Flow of Assessment
Know the Reasons for Selecting Your Assessments...
Extend With Questions and Activities
2. Planning Assessments to Promote Understanding
Use Formal and Informal Assessments
Become a Data-Driven Teacher
Understand Assessment Principles and Practices
Watch for Common Errors in Assessing
Visualize the Overall Process...
Extend With Questions and Activities
3. Collecting Baseline Data for Preassessments
Set Three Goals to Guide Your Preassessments
Question Each of the Six Components of Assessment
Keep Anecdotal Records
Follow These Guidelines as You Preassess
Realize That Assessment Is a Continuous Process...
Extend With Questions and Activities
4. Aligning Appropriate Formative Assessments
Consider the Six Components of Assessment
Design Your Curriculum
Align Assessments With Curriculum and Instruction
Explore Cognition Via Patterns of Thought
Plan With Competence and Confidence...
Extend With Questions and Activities
5. Incorporating Learning, Assigning Instruction Followed by Feedback and Correction
Assign Your Instruction and Activities
Employ Multiple Instructional Strategies
Consider These Assessment Recommendations
Include All Kinds of Questions With Your Formative Assessments
Optimize the Feedback
Involve Your Learners in the Process
Have Fun With Formative Assessments...
Extend With Questions and Activities
6. Administering Summative Assessments
Connect to the Goals and Components of Assessment
Create Your Summative Assessments
Prepare Learners for Summative Assessments
Set Your Sights on the Five As
Continue the Assessment Cycle...
Extend With Questions and Activities
7. Identifying What to Assess: Inviting the Five Types of Inquiry and Information
Introduce the Five Types of Inquiry
Balance Three Conditions With Five Types of Inquiry
Delve Into Responses
Enhance Variety in Your Inquiries
Include All Types of Thinking, Acting, and Feeling...
Extend With Questions and Activities
8. Analyzing How to Assess: Applying the Five Forms of Appraisal and Authentication
Analyze the Five Forms of Appraisal and Authentication
Implement Assessments Purposefully
Develop Appraisals to Showcase Learning...
Extend With Questions and Activities
9. Creating Assessment Templates and Rubrics
Construct the Assessment Template
Build Rubrics
Let Your Templates and Rubrics Do the Work for You...
Extend With Questions and Activities
10. Conducting Evaluation and Accountability
Evaluate Accomplishments
Account for Progress
Concentrate on Your Effectiveness
Develop a Performance-Based Assessment Mind-Set...
Extend With Questions and Activities
References and Readings
Index
