forget testing...let's get serious about assessment
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Forget Testing…
Dean Shareski!Community Manger!Discovery Education
Forget Testing…
Let’s Get Serious About
Assessment
Dean Shareski!Community Manger!Discovery Education
How Do you Define Learning?
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How Do you Define Learning?
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“I try to distinguish betweencontexts of productive andunproductive learning. Andby productive, I mean that
the learning process is one thatengenders and reinforceswanting to learn more.
Absent wanting to learn,the learning context is
unproductive orcounterproductive.”
“Information will be learned slowlyand doomed to rapid forgetting
unless they are quickly attached to aframework of knowledge that we
already possess.”
Rick Stiggins Alfie KohnCathy Davidson
Ken O’ConnorJoe Bower
Assessment Heroes
Grant Wiggins
Could you pass this test?
Could you pass this test?
Discuss
“MEASURABLE OUTCOMES MAY BE THE
LEAST SIGNIFICANT
RESULT OF LEARNING”
Dr. Linda McNeil
Why we need to rethink Assessment
Rich Documentation +
Meaningful Feedback
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“We may not be able to measure learning, but we can document it”
“If you say you don’t have time for assessment, you assume that the teaching is more important
than the learning. Feedback is the key to reaching goals.
“If you say you don’t have time for assessment, you assume that the teaching is more important
than the learning. Feedback is the key to reaching goals.
Saying there’s no time is to confuse causing learning
for mentioning stuff.” Grant Wiggins
Assessment is not a Spreadsheet
Assessment is not a Spreadsheet
It’s a Conversation
How We Might Begin to Rethink Assessment
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4 Big Ideas
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Self/Peer Assessment
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“Who owns the learning?”
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“Who owns the assessment?”
What did you learn from others?
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What did you contribute to the
learning of others?
Student Choose Weighting
“Taught me to examine my work critically”
“...enabled me to focus on learning”
“Taught me to examine my work critically”
“...enabled me to focus on learning”
“I wasn’t comfortable assessing myself”
“Taught me to examine my work critically”
The Trouble With Rubrics
Unintended Learning
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Put Technology to Work
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Meta Cognition 1867 - 2005
Press Record
What makes that a powerful example of technology?
Reduce Workflow
Reduce Workflow
Reduce Workflow
My Evernote Trick
My Evernote Trick
Show Your Work
Board Builder
Board Builder
Make it Matterhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/edublogger/6029602465
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ATHLETIC STAGES
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ARTISTIC STAGES
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The World as Your Refrigerator
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The World as Your Refrigerator
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The World as Your Refrigerator
Warning:
Work that Matters is Really Hard to Assess
Don’t Complicate Assessment
Don’t Complicate Assessment
Don’t Complicate Assessment
What Did You Learn? What Can You Do?Why Does it Matter?
Stuart Firestein
Stuart Firestein
shareski.ca@shareski
dean_shareski@discovery.com
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