1. DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT

2. Values and Attitudes about Assessment 1. 2. 3. 4.Teachers value and believe in students. Sharing learning goals with the students. Involving students in self-assessment. Providing feedback that helps students recognize their next steps and how to take them. 5. Being confident that every student can improve. 6. Providing students with examples of what we expect from them. 3. KEY FEATURES OF ASSESSMENT Assessment to empower pupils as learners. Classroom assessment impacts significantly on the pupils sense of self, expectations, motivation and confidence. Assessment should provide guidance to both teachers and pupils about what needs to be learned next. Assessment should embody an approach to teaching and learning in which the development of long-term dispositions is more important than short-term performance. 4. KEY FEATURES OF ASSESSMENT The purposes are to be diagnostic and formative, providing feedback and being educative. Teaching should be adjusted in light of assessment evidence. Assessment should promote, not damage, student motivation and self-esteem. Assessment should be constructively critical and provide rich, positive feedback and feed forward. The assessments should be criterion-referenced and the criteria should be public. The assessments should lead to diagnostic teaching. Assessment should promote student self-evaluation. 5. KEY FEATURES OF ASSESSMENT The assessments should be built on evidence rather than on intuition. Assessment data should be derived from everyday classroom activities. Assessment opportunities should be sought in everyday classroom activities. Semi-structured approaches to gathering data are recommended, generating words rather than numbers (measures). Assessments should be linked to the student teachers and the students action planning and target setting. 6. KEY FEATURES OF ASSESSMENT Involve the students in the assessment process. Communicate the assessment criteria to students. Demonstrate validity and reliability. Demonstrate fitness for purpose in deciding the method(s) of gathering assessment data and setting assessment tasks. Select assessment methods that accord strongly with everyday teaching and learning processes.Copyright Keith Morrison, 2004 7. Diagnostic RoleSummative RoleROLE OF ASSESSMENTFormative RolePlacement Role 8. DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT IDEASJournal Personal record of responses Used in all subject areas 9. DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT IDEASSelf-Assessments Gathers info and reflect on learning Knowledge about the topic and previous experiences 10. DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT IDEASTest/Quiz Criteria for success Achievement of curriculum expectations May use standardized testing 11. DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT IDEASPlacemat Graphic Organizer Write ideas and answers in the placemat 12. DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT IDEASConference/Interview Formal or informal Explore students thinking and suggest next steps Assess students level of understanding Review, clarify, extend what student has already completed 13. DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT IDEASPoster Students make a poster about a particular topic It should include a variety of pictures, headings, and captions Particularly helpful for a unit 14. DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT IDEASStudent Survey Students complete a survey about their ideas or understanding of a particular topic 15. DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT IDEASGraffiti Wall Students with different colored markers writes in free form, draws, or demonstrates their understanding of a particular topic 16. DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT IDEASWord Splash Students are given key words from the unit of study prior to learning 17. DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT IDEASKWL Students are given a potential topic and a KWL chart Students answer questions about what they already know about the topic, what they want to know, and what they have learned about the topic. 18. DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT IDEASConcept Cartoon Promote thinking and discussion Can use blank bubbles and allow students to fill them in then have other students interact with them 19. DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT IDEASMind Maps Students write one word or short phrases that relate to the main topic in the center of the page