TECHNOLOGICAL ASSESSMENTS

BRITTNEY ALSTON & HALI STROMBERGSPRING 2014

AGENDA

• Technology Overview

• Assessment Overview

• Language Arts Assessments (Reading and Writing)

• Math Assessments

• Social Studies & Science Assessments

• Unit & Project Assessments—Ongoing and Formal

• Sources

TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW

http://www.usm.edu/thinkcenter/technology-in-the-classroom-does-it-belong/

http://theappliciousteacher.blogspot.com/2013/02/qr-codes-awesomely-easy-way-to-bring.html

http://it.bzi.ro/cum-sa-ti-mearga-mai-repede-telefonul-6-sfaturi-utile-13035

* Today we will be looking at technology that can be used for assessment in the classroom depending on content area.

ASSESSMENT OVERVIEW

Common Core State Standards look at these 4 Assessments:

Interim/benchmark assessments—Tests given every two months or so. They

predict how well students will do on state tests and give teacher an idea

for where students are at

Formative assessments—Practice, don’t need to be graded, help teachers and

students look at progress and what needs to be learned (homework, quizzes)

Performance assessments—Collection of work/observations (portfolios)

Summative assessments—Measurement of how much learning has taken place

after a unit or certain amount of time (state tests, final exams)

LANGUAGE ARTS ASSESSMENT

• Lexia-For literacy development and formal

assessment; gives objectives and

individual progress reports for each

student—all assessments involved

• Reading A-Z- For reading, writing, grammar

skills, proficiency and comprehension.

Helps to align instruction to individual

student needs—all assessments involved

• Writing Tester- Looks at grammar and how

many “big words” are included in what was

written. Students get a score out of 100

and aim for a higher score—formative and

performance assessments

http://teachthemhowtoread.blogspot.com/2011/04/reading-z.html

http://cantonschools.blogspot.com/2010/05/what-is-lexia.html

MATH ASSESSMENT

• Math Whizz- Pre and on-going assessment

quizzes—formative and

performance assessments

• Go Math/Big Ideas- Ongoing assessment

(formative and

informal) with quizzes

and guides for re-

teaching—formative and

performance assessments

http://pbsjanet.blogspot.com/2013/05/this-is-my-results-on-math-whizz.html

http://www.plethorahomeschool.com/go-math-academy/

http://www.bigideaslearning.com/blog/

SOCIAL STUDIES & SCIENCE ASSESSMENT

• Excel-Record and collect data tables and graphs—formative

assessment

• Survey Monkey-Create surveys and gather student interests/knowledge

through survey—formative assessment

• Mastery Connect-monitors student progress with standard based

formative assessments; also

assesses bubble

sheets—benchmark/interim and

summative assessment

• Geddit-Instant feedback, quizzes—formative assessment

http://letsgeddit.com/public/articles/how-do-I-run-my-first-lesson

http://blog.mailchimp.com/surveymonkeys-new-create-chart-feature/

http://gettingsmart.com/2013/10/killer-app-masteryconnect-reinvents-report-card/

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/07/first-look-excel-2013/

UNIT & PROJECT ASSESSMENT

• Clicker-Great for multiple choice questions throughout the

lecture. This can collect data and show what percentage of

students answered each question—formative assessment

• Google Docs-Great for students to plan projects,

communicate with classmates, and check in with teachers

for feedback—formative and performance assessment

• PowerPoint/Web 2.0 tools- Great for sharing information

(graphs, data, research, student work) to students or

information that students want to share. Great for

teachers to see the meaning that students gained from the

project—formative and performance assessment

• Zangle- Grading system for teachers that allows teachers

to record new assignments, record scores, look at data for

each quarter, look up SBA scores, and take attendance—

Shows results and graphs of all types of assessment

http://courses.csusm.edu/resources/clickers/

http://www.sanjuan.edu/webpages/mjope/tech4teachers.cfm?subpage=112679

SOURCES

*A lot of our information came from personal experiences, below is where we

retrieved information that we summarized.

• Assessment information retrieved from www.scholastic.com/ and http://

www.learninga-z.com/commoncore/assessment.html

• Geddit information retrieved from https://edshelf.com/tool/geddit

• Lexia information retrieved from http://

lexialearning.com/lexiaresearch/whitepapers/teacher-effectiveness

• Mastery Connect information retrieved from http://ilearntechnology.com/?p=4095

• Math whizz information retrieved from https://www.whizz.com/en-us/

• Reading A-Z information retrieved from http://www.readinga-z.com/

• Survey Monkey information retrieved from https://www.surveymonkey.com/

• Writing Tester information retrieved from http://www.writingtester.com/

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