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Hi all. Chris. Instructional tech coach. Washington. Co-founder #ProjectBasedAwesome just jumped in from #ditchbook chat Glad to jump in and learn with ya. #teachnvchat
R1: evaluation of performance is essential in ensuring Ss are learning material. Now the evaluation should not be a standardized test but some form of a performance activity that shows deep knowledge of content. #teachNVchat
yes-teaching and moving on with out knowing if it works is never going to work but seems like we often get stuck in a "pacing guide" trap and miss this #teachNVchat
and to @bdicksonnv's point, our needs as well. I know we talked about formal T evals last week but I need constant, informal evaluation, feedback and reflection too. #teachnvchat
Evaluation is important so that we can give solid, productive and timely feedback to students. We evaluate so that we can help student grow. #teachnvchat
I know it's not the most popular in these data days, but I like the "walk around and check/chat with kids" assessment. I learn the most that way from their questions and answers! #teachnvchat
A2: Exit tickets at the end of a lesson are a great way to “evaluate” student understanding immediatelyafter a lesson-great feedback for instruction. #teachNVchat
A2 Formative Assessment drives my planning and instruction, minute by minute, hourly, daily. I like to return to previous content to see if stds retained and can transfer it. . #teachNVchat
R1: is it formative or summative? We can have videos created, performances, projects presented to an authentic audience or a test/quiz. What is the outcome of the assessment/evaluation? What is the purpose? #teachNVchat
A2: Assesing peer feedback. It’s hard to get Ss there but when they can take the rubric and give constructive feedback like a teacher I know they understand. I always take that the feedback they give into account in my rubrics. #teachnvchat
#teachnvchat A2...I have a check list that is my rubric and I walk around while students are working. I also have one on one meeting at my table. I make notes about Ss work here too...if we needed extra help on the piece.
Me too! I've been thinking about spiraling a lot this year. Remember Everyday Math? I loved how the Math Boxes pages spiraled skills all year. I try to do that with our math journals and binders. It seems to come more naturally in ela #teachnvchat
I definitely found this to be true when I was facilitating a lot of Buck Institute style PBLs with older elementary kiddos. Rubrics are so important to student engagement and progress! #teachnvchat
do you do it online or paper/pencil? I love doing running records with kids -- but mine don't involve a lot of comprehension or writing that takes so much time. #teachnvchat
One of the best things about those rubrics? Sharing them with students ahead of time so they know EXACTLY what do to do demonstrate their learning through creation #teachnvchat
these on the spot evaluations help us adjust instruction on the fly-at the point of need-why wait for the finished product to tell as student where they needed to adjust #teachNVchat
#teachnvchat A2...I also have peer evaluation call 2 Stars and a Wish. Ss 3rd to 5th get a slip and a buddy when finished. They know what I am looking for and the buddy helps look at the artwork for these.
I'm interested in trying to use checklists ...Would you mind sharing one? I have a notebook this year for anecdotes that has helped a lot when writing report card narratives and preparing for conferences but I think I could benefit from a checklist #teachnvchat
R2: putting numbers on a student doing a presentation and fully integrating content is difficult when we are looking at authentic assessments/projects. I’m a believer in Standards Based Report Cards. Colleges don’t like this because there are no #s for entry. #teachNVchat
A2: I like to use project based assessments that require critical thinking and many different skills, giving students the opportunity to play to their strengths. #teachnvchat
A3: My last year in a comprehensive classroom, my special ed partner and I started to toy with alternative assessments, like oral interviews, to differentiate how we did summative assessments #teachnvchat
A2 I like to watch students do skills then provide feedback so that they can improve, opportunities to try again or make edits on project submissions #teachNVchat
R3: Provide Ss with real situations to present their knowledge to stakeholders in the community. Ss can also have internship opportunities with businesses. #teachNVchat
That's so interesting. We use 2 stars & a wish during @responsiveclass closing circles. It helps me know what the Ss liked, didn't like, remember, want to do again! #teachnvchat
A3 streamline them & provide for outliers, the DRA says if a kid takes more than 5 minutes stop, too hard, use lower text, but every year I get a kid who reads at their own pace, lowering them would be negligible but rule followers would drop them, we need gray zones #teachnvchat
performance tasks tell us so much-put what you learned into a format that you are passionate about and teach it to us-this is true learning when you apply #teachNVchat
A3 After lots of work in 6th around writing, I’d like to take class time to drill down deeper into a performance rubric. I envision 1-1 coaching all year, self-assessing, growing, exploring. #teachNVchat
View every assessment/evaluation as formative - we can always use it to learn how to help students more. If not, why are we really giving it??? #teachnvchat
