1. ReThinking Assessment
It Isn’t Black and White-
It Isn’t Scantrons

2. Conversational Format
Ideas
Practical Examples

3. What does
theory/research say?
Assessment for Learning

4. Csikszentmihalyi’s Flow
Concept
•Perceived challenges, or opportunities for
Action, that stretch (neither
overmatching nor underutilizing)
existing skills, a sense that one is engaging
challenges at a level appropriate to ones’
capacities
•Clear proximal goals and
immediate feedback about the
progress being made

5. Vygotsky - ZPD
the distance between the actual developmental level as determined
by independent problem solving and the level of potential
development as determined through problem solving under adult
guidance, or in collaboration with more capable peers[1]

6. Dweck Mindset

7. Connectivism
Learning occurs as part of a social network of many
diverse connections and ties-
Network made possible by various tools and technologies
which are not as important as the connections made
possible by them.

8. Black and Wiliam
•Frequent short tests are better than infrequent long
ones.
•New learning should be tested within about a week
of first exposure.
•Be mindful of the quality of test items and work with
other teachers and outside sources to collect good
ones.
•Comments alone have more impact on student
achievement than comments and grades or grades
only.
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9. Blending Theory

11. TPACK MODEL
Teach to the
Sweet Spot!

12. Assess what we value!
We’ve created a culture in which
students learn what we assess!

13. Types of Assessment
• Diagnostic
• Formative
• Peer/Self/Metacognitive
• Portfolio
• Summative

14. Diagnostic
Diagnostic assessments (also known as pre-
assessments) provide instructors with
information about student's prior knowledge and
misconceptions before beginning a learning
activity
• Blog Prompts
• Google Forms

15. Formative
• Homework (ReThinking Homework)
• Research
– Zoho Notebook
– OneNote Notebooks
• Lab reports and WikiBooks
• Shared Google Docs (writing and
presentations) or iEtherpad.com
• Reading Assignments (Diigo)
• Blogs (Mittler)
• Quizzes

16. Peer/Self/Metacognitive
• Creative Writing (examples)
• Frederick Douglas Presentations
• Blog Reflections

17. Portfolios

18. Other Sites
• Quia
• Kubbu
• ESL Video
• Exam Professor
• MyStudiyo

19. Images
• Flow - Uploaded on November 20, 2007
by Eric Bégin http://www.flickr.com/photos/47604778@N00/2050880593/
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