Short-cycle Assessment: Improving Student Achievement Through Formative Assessment

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Eye On Education, 2008 - Education - 176 pages

This book shows you how to improve student achievement by providing them with frequent feedback on their work.

It provides a step-by-step process to help you
-Write good questions that asses student learning
-Design your own formative assessments
-Administer short-cycle assessments
-Analyze and use data to shape instruction
-Prepare your students for high-stakes tests

Includes activities and forms to walk you through the process step by step.

 

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Contents

The Benefits of ShortCycle Assessments 6
6
The Short of Why 9
9
2 The SCORE Process 13
13
Organized 14
14
Results 16
16
The SCORE Cycle 17
17
When to Test 18
18
What to Test 19
19
The Short of Looking at the Data 97
97
10 Making Adjustments in the Classroom 99
99
Setting SMART Goals 101
101
How to Make Adjustments 103
103
How to Ensure Rubrics are Objective 110
110
The Short of Making Adjustments in the Classroom 111
111
Where to Go From Here? 113
113
Part II Blueprints for the Process 117
117

How to Test 21
21
3 Understanding the Content Standards 23
23
Why Standards? 24
24
Finding Key Verbs 27
27
The Taxonomy Table 28
28
The Short of Understanding the Content Standards 33
33
4 Understanding the State Assessments 35
35
Different States Different Formats 36
36
Response Grid 37
37
Multipart Constructed Responses 39
39
Writing Prompts 41
41
The Short of Understanding the State Assessments 42
42
5 Creating a Pacing Guide 43
43
When to Create a Pacing Guide 44
44
How to Set Up a Pacing Guide 45
45
Coding the Pacing Guide 46
46
How to Use the Pacing Guide 49
49
Constructing Questions that Address the Standard 51
51
How to Determine What Level of Question and What Format of Question 52
52
Writing the Questions 53
53
Using the Language of the Standard 54
54
Writing a Constructed Response Question 55
55
Writing a Response Grid Question 58
58
Writing Prompts for Longer Responses 60
60
Writing a MultipleChoice Question 61
61
Writing Questions for Difficult Standards 66
66
The Short of Writing Questions 68
68
7 Designing Your Assessment 69
69
Use of Reading Passages and Graphics 72
72
The Answer Key 73
73
The Answer Booklet 74
74
The Process of Revising and Editing 75
75
Revising After You have Given the Assessment 76
76
8 Standardization of Administration 79
79
To Review or Not to Review? 81
81
The Assessment Administration Schedule 82
82
The Short of Standardization of Administration 85
85
9 Looking at the Data 87
87
Data From the ShortCycle Assessments 88
88
Class Profile Graph 89
89
Classroom Item Analysis Graph 92
92
NonMastery Report 95
95
Data Analysis 96
96
Teaching to the Test 121
121
Testing Twice 123
123
Figuring Out Which SCORE Model Works Best for You 126
126
Blooms Taxonomy Key Words 128
128
The Taxonomy Table 129
129
Curriculum Pacing Guide for the Score Process 130
130
Standard to Question 131
131
Response Grid Question Practice 132
132
Writing Your Own Rubric 134
134
Alaskas 6Point Rubric 135
135
Blank Rubrics 136
136
What Not to Write 138
138
Goldilocks and the Six Levels of Blooms Taxonomy 141
141
How to Write a MultipleChoice Question 145
145
Questions Conversion Chart 146
146
Revising and Editing Worksheet 1 147
147
Revising and Editing Worksheet 2 148
148
Assessment Checklist 149
149
Pacing Guide Confirmation 150
150
Writing Assessment Checklist 151
151
Reading Assessment Checklist 152
152
General Assessment Checklist 153
153
Do Not Disturb 154
154
Directions to Read to the Student 155
155
Assessment Directions Sheet 156
156
Class Profile Graph 157
157
Class Profile Graph 159
159
Item Analysis Graph 160
160
Classroom Item Analysis Graph 161
161
NonMastery Report 162
162
Individual Assessment Reflection 164
164
Group Data Analysis for Assessment 1 165
165
Group Data Analysis for Assessment 2 166
166
Group Data Analysis for Assessment 3 167
167
Group Data Analysis for Assessment 4 168
168
How Did You Learn What Was Taught? 169
169
SMART Goals 170
170
Differentiated Instruction 171
171
Compensation Strategiesfor Special Education Students 172
172
Rubric 173
173
Project Contract 174
174
References 175
175
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Bibliographic information

TitleShort-cycle Assessment: Improving Student Achievement Through Formative Assessment
AuthorsSusan Lang, Todd Stanley, Betsy Moore, Elizabeth Moore
Editionillustrated
PublisherEye On Education, 2008
ISBN1596670738, 9781596670730
Length176 pages
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