Facilitator+Notes


 * D113 Equity Belief Statement:**
 * "All students must have access to resources, opportunities, and rigorous curriculum that ensures their success."**


 * Purpose of this Workshop:**
 * How do we know we are writing meaningful Formative and Summative Assessments?**

Klaas, Mirielle MKlaas@dist113.org; - Spanish Ladron de Guevara, Mercedes MLadrondeGuevara@dist113.org; - Spanish Mansfield, Elizabeth EMansfield@dist113.org; - Spanish Grady, Rich RGrady@dist113.org; - Social Studies Berghoff, Lisa LBerghoff@dist113.org; - Special Education Summy, Jeff JSummy@dist113.org; - Math Hinton, Michael MHinton@dist113.org; - Chemisty Lewicki, Deborah DLewicki@dist113.org; - Spanish Waller, Elizabeth EWaller@dist113.org - Math
 * Participants:**
 * DHS:**
 * HPHS:**

8:30 - Overview of D113 Strategic Plan and how it connects and supports this workshop...
 * Writing Meaningful Assessments**
 * Summer Workshop 2011 Agenda:**
 * Day One:**
 * Goals for the Workshop... (Discussion)**

9:30 - Formative Assessment Research:

10:00 - BREAK

10:15 - Assessment //for// Learning:

10:45 - Additional Examples of Formative Assessment and Creation of Formative Assessments for First Quarter 2011 []



12:00 - 1:00 LUNCH on your own

1:00 - Whip Around


 * 1:15 - Homework as Formative Assessment: 2:15 - BREAK 2:30 - Discussion: "Should Homework be graded?"
 * 1:15 - Homework as Formative Assessment: 2:15 - BREAK 2:30 - Discussion: "Should Homework be graded?"

3:15 - Day One Feedback


 * Day 2:**

8:30 - Day One Review 8:50 - Analyzing Assessments: 9:50 - Large Group Share

10:00 - BREAK

10:15 - Designing a Quiz, Test, Rubric for Use as Self-assessment:

Types of Work... 1 - Alignment of Targets and Assessments 2 - Improve Formative Assessments by increasing Student Involvement 3 - Adding Formative Qualities to Summative Assessmnts
 * greater student involvement
 * quiz/test relationship... the quiz that can never hurt you

Additional Conversations... - Accountabilty: A) Academic Behaviors / Academic Identity To be Reported but not (or minimually graded) B) Target Mastery Graded

Grading Shifts: - Mean vs. Median.... Points to be averaged vs. Student's current level of performance

12:00 - LUNCH

1:00 - Assessment Self-Evaluation

1:15 - Individual and Small Group Assessment Creation/Revision

3:00 - "14 Hour Plan" and "15th Hour"

3:15 - Workshop Summary Feedback




 * Student Involvement Resources:**

- MetaRubric - Performance Assessments and Creating Quality Performance Tasks - Increasing Student Involvement - Eliminating (or controling for) Bias and Distortion - Assessing Assessments (Rubrics to assess the quality of an assessment) - Writing Quality Reasoning Target Items - Balancing Formative and Summative Assessments within a course - Confidence Questionaire (how fluent are you in Assessment Literacy)
 * Additonal Resources/Topics:**