Workshop Session:
Assessment 101 – Building a Strong Foundation
Assessment is a powerful component of student learning. It has the power to build up or tear down our students. How do we create an assessment plan that is both academically rigorous and supportive of growth mindset development in learners?
This session will provide a ‘bird’s eye view of the foundations and dimensions of effective classroom assessment.
- The language of assessment
- Three different types of assessment and their purpose
- Planning with the end in mind
- Formative Assessment Cycle and
- Summative Assessment
This session is best suited for educators with an introductory level of understanding of assessment or those who require a review of best assessment practices.
Workshop Session:
The 25% Rule of Assessment
When working with Dylan Wiliam we learned about an idea that he called the “25% Rule” or the “4 Quarters Marking” model. Wiliam suggests that all classroom assessment should be broken down into these four quarters:
- 25% of assessment should be detailed teacher feedback
- 25% of assessment should be skimmed and summarized for whole class feedback
- 25% of assessment should be peer feedback
- 25% of feedback should be self-assessment
The session will provide a complex look at these four types of assessment in the classroom assessment process.
Workshop Session:
Formative assessment tech tools for both online and in-person learning environments
In this fast-paced session, the AAC facilitator will model as many formative assessment tools and techniques as time allows. The tools and techniques used in this session will be for both online and in-person learning environments.
Workshop Session:
Assessment 911: Help! Where do I start when reporting the story of student achievement?
Join us for a conversation about best practices for setting up your grade book. Report card time should not cause chaos in your professional or personal life. AAC wants to support you so that you can feel confident that your grading system and grade book are valid and reliable sources of information on student learning and achievement. During this session, we will discuss common questions like:
- Do I report student learning according to achievement on tests and assignments or achievement of the learning outcome?
- Should I use mean? mode? median?
- How do I report formative assessment results?
- Are there better ways to communicate student learning to parents than the parent portal in a grade book?
- What can I do if my district or school’s grading and reporting policies don’t align with the principles of fair student assessment?
This session’s target audience members are beginning teachers or teachers new to using digital grade books and parent portals. This AAC session will provide a safe space to learn the ins and outs of reporting and communicating student learning through digital grade books.
Workshop Session:
The Basics of Designing Your Classroom Assessment Process
Do you follow a solid assessment plan that helps you to
- avoid giving students unnecessary quizzes and assignments?
- cut down on your marking?
- balance the in-class formative and summative assessments?
- use triangulation to gather evidence about student learning?
- provide actionable feedback to students and give them enough time to put the feedback into action?
This session will introduce you AAC’s 3 phases of effective classroom assessment, the 4-Step Assessment Planning Process and McTighe and Ferrara’s Assessment Planning Framework.
Workshop Session:
Designing Authentic Assessments for online and in-person learning
Version 1.0 Changing our assessment practice overnight is an overwhelming and perhaps an unrealistic expectation for some educators. This session will provide simple strategies for making current assessments more authentic. Making small changes can add up to big changes in our assessment practice, and AAC is here to help!
Version 2.0 This session takes a deeper look into how to create new authentic assessments for online and in-person assessments using the AAC Classroom Assessment design process (AAC KEY VISUAL).
The goal of this session is to understand what it takes to intentionally design an assessment process that results in an assessment that:
- it engages students in such a way that not only captures students’ interest but also inspires students to commit emotionally and intellectually to meeting the goals of the assessment.
- is representative of solving problems encountered by working professionals associated with the field of study
- challenges students to critically solve problems often resulting in the creation of a new product, performance, or service.