Gathering Evidence of Learning
When designing assessment, it is helpful for teachers to think like detectives. Once you have clarified your learning goals and articulated some essential questions, ask yourself this provocative question: If understanding the...
Essential Questions
In my previous post, I suggested an approach to designing assessment that begins by focusing on the learning goals. Learning goals, or content standards, tend to be expressed in “teacher speak”. That is, they describe the...
Designing Assessment
If we hold to the assumptions about assessment that I outlined in my previous post, then it is clear that assessment needs to be carefully designed in light of the whole learning process. I find the “backwards design” approach...
Assessment: What are your Assumptions?
Over the next few weeks, I am planning to create a series of posts on the topic of assessment. Assessment is a complex and controversial topic, so I thought it would be most helpful to begin by addressing our assumptions about...