Classroom Assessment Chapter 9

To help us work towards our school goal of improving our understanding and practice of assessment, my principal has provided our staff with a copy of Classroom Assessment for Student Learning: Doing it Right – Using it Well, by Jan Chappuis, Rick Stiggins, Steve Chappuis, and Judith Arter. As I make my way through the book, I will be summarizing my learning as a means of organizing my thoughts and getting clarification on particular ideas.

Classroom Assessment for Student Learning Cover. (Accessed 2016). Uploaded to Amazon; Pearson Education. Available online at: https://www.amazon.ca/Classroom-Assessment-Student-Learning-Doing/dp/0132685884

Chapter 9 – Record Keeping

– everything is target-based so tracking should be too

– what does a 9/10 on “Worksheet #3” actually tell you in your grade book?

– you should have to organized to show target mastery

– have students track their understanding so they know where they stand before during a summative assessment

Record Keeping Guidelines

1 ) Organize Entries by Learning Target

– effective use of labels

– easy to report on specific outcomes

– quickly see strengths/challenges

2 ) Track Info About Work Habits & Social Skills Separately

* we do this in the “learning behaviours” section of the provincial report cards

– extra credit work

– students shouldn’t be given extra points for completion (effort points)

– if students need more formative practice & then want another shot to communicate understanding then thats different

– missing/late work and cheating

– zeros do not demonstrate learning; find other punitive measures

3 ) Record Info by Raw Score

– provide info regarding sample size

(ex) 8/32

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I WANT TO KNOW:

This chapter was much longer but a lot of the information suggested different record keeping options; since our school uses a mandatory online grading system the information wasn’t applicable to me.

What do you use to organize your records?

Our schools uses the program Maplewood.

Please leave your thoughts below 🙂