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Aligning Achievement Indicators I Learn 2012
1. Using the Sun
West Rubric to
Align
Achievement
Indicators
Jade Ballek
Sun West Learning Consultant
I Learn 2012
August 27, 28, 2012
2. Session Goals
Explore the purpose of assessment
Clarify the 5 levels of the Sun West
Rubric to achieve alignment
Provide some techniques for making
assessments more consistent and
more accurate
Analyze measurement tools
4. Personal Learning
Focus
Use a sticky to write a question you
have about the Sun West Rubric.
Or, write a sentence that describes
what you hope to learn during this
hour.
Please post it on the board.
5. Why Assess?
What is the purpose of
assessment?
What is your biggest concern
about the Sun West Rubric?
Think/Pair/Share
7. Fix 8
Don’t assign grades using
inappropriate or unclear
performance standards; provide
clear descriptions of
achievement expectations.
This is what is meant by aligning
achievement indicators.
8. Sun West Rubric
How many “points”? … 6? … 5?
…4?
Why 5?
Provincial assessment: where are
we now?
11. “Understanding”
"Non satis scire — "To know is not
enough.”
Motto of Hampshire College
Wiggins and McTighe – Facets of
Understanding
12. 6 Facets of
Understanding
When someone truly understands, they:
Canexplain concepts, principles, and
processes
Can interpret
Can apply
Can demonstrate perspective
Can display empathy
Have self-knowledge
13. Performance Tasks –
Applying Learning
The performance tasks ask
students to apply their learning to
a new and authentic situation as
means of assessing their
understanding.
UbD FAQ - McTighe
20. Technique #4 – Co-
Constructing Criteria
Bring students into the process
What does quality “look like”?
Build the assessment with your
students.
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21. Technique #5 – Use
Anchors
Anchors show students what
quality looks like
Use samples of different levels
22. Technique #5 –
Collegial Discussions
How are you using the rubric with
your students? e.g. Davidson School
Provincial – ELA Expressive Strands
Project; Math Pre- and Post-
Assessments Grades 1-9; Sun West
Rubrics – Reading Assessment
Divide and conquer!
24. Analyzing Measurement
Tools
Choosing the right tool is important if
the assessment is to be accurate.
Math Summative Assessments –
levelling by question
Analyzing Current Assessments – e.g.
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30. Clear targets for
Assessment
Clarify curriculum outcomes - unpacking
High quality assessment tasks - analyzing
Rubrics to describe what quality looks like -
creating
Anchors to show what quality looks like - creating
Checklists to enable students to monitor their own
progress - listing
Damian Cooper, 2010