domain a a5 creating or selecting evaluation strategies that are appropriate for the students and...
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Domain ADomain AA5A5
Creating or selecting evaluation strategies that are appropriate for the students and that are aligned with the
goals of the lesson
Parts of this paperParts of this paper
Intro ParagraphExplains components and rationale for
evaluationExplains how appropriate, systematic and
aligned evaluation strategies are created or selected
Explains how evaluation results are used for instructional planning
Closing paragraph
What is an assessment?What is an assessment?
The full range of procedures used to gain insight and information about student learning.
Quantative assessments: Make use of measurement and evaluation techniques (performance based—multiple choice)
Qualitative assessments: includes formal and informal observations of students’ performance on various learning tasks (work habits)
Why is this topic important?Why is this topic important?
Teachers spend so much time preparing and trying to perfect lessons they present in their classrooms.
They choose methods, materials, activities and resources that are all aligned with the goals of lessons they try to teach to their students
Teachers need to evaluate students to see if learning is occurring
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Teachers can evaluate themselves and their lessons
Evaluation can be accomplished in a variety of ways
Ask yourself, “are the learning goals being met?”
Reasons why it’s important to Reasons why it’s important to evaluate studentsevaluate students
Teachers can tell if students have successfully comprehended the information presented to them.
You can find out who may need extra help.Find out some areas of most difficulty and
SOMETIMES you have to re-teach ONLY that part
Find out some areas of most difficulty and SOMETIMES you have to re-teach an entire lesson in a new way
More reasonsMore reasons
Provides student feedbackEvaluations can be used for instructional
planningTeachers can become better teachersAsk yourself, “Did my students reach their
highest level of performance?”
Appropriate methods of Appropriate methods of evaluationevaluation
Should be appropriate for the age level
Goes along with the lesson being taught
What are teachers looking for?What are teachers looking for?
Accurate knowledge, skill, and level of achievement
EffortNeatnessCorrectnessHow well a student did compared with
past performanceHow long the studied topic has been
focused upon
New trends in assessmentNew trends in assessment
Teachers are going beyond paper-and-pencil tests and oral questioning
Alternative Assessments: Moving toward small group projects, portfolios of work, performance based learning (How well can students use what they know?)
Authentic Assessment (alternative assessments): require students to use higher level thinking skills to perform, create or solve a real life problem