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| FOUNDATIONS OF ASSESSMENT |
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| ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS FOR PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS |
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A: Why assess student learning? |
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B: How do teachers decide on what and how to assess student learning? |
LEARNING GOALS FOR PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS
(PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS WILL BE ABLE TO...) |
1: Explain how current trends in assessment and accountability influence policy and practice in schools today
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2: Collect and use multiple sources of information to assess pupils’ learning
- 2(a): Evaluate the purposes of a variety of informal and formal; diagnostic; and formative and summative assessment tools that reveal specific aspects of student learning
- 2(b): Explain and justify with examples from one’s own teaching how standards, assessment, curriculum, and instruction are integrated for the purpose of supporting student learning
- 2(c): Construct and provide a rationale for a variety of assessment tools (including rubrics or other scoring guides, portfolios, quizzes, and tests) in specific subject area teaching
- 2(d): Critique, modify, and use available assessment tools, including those from commercially-produced materials and the internet
- 2(e): Apply concepts of reliability, validity, practicality, and standardization (RSVP) to the design of classroom assessment tools and associated scoring procedures
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3: Establish and communicate learning goals for all pupils
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4: Use assessments to support, guide, and reflect on feedback related to student learning
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