2012+Summer+Workshop


 * 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:**


 * Writing Meaningful Assessments**
 * Summer Workshop 2011 Agenda:**
 * DAY ONE:**
 * 8:30 - Your Goals for the Workshop... Discussion**
 * Confidence Questionnaire**

9:00 - **Overview of D113 Strategic Plan** and how it connects and supports this workshop...


 * Keys to Quality Assessment**


 * 10:00 - Formative Assessment Research**


 * 10:30 - BREAK**


 * 10:45 - Assessment //for// Learning:**

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 * 11:15 - Additional Examples of Formative Assessment** and Creation of Formative Assessments for First Quarter 2011


 * 12:00 - 1:00**
 * LUNCH on your own**

- How do we better teach student Peer Assessment, Self-Assessment and Self-Reflection?
 * 1:00 - Whip Around... "What is on your mind from this morning's work?"**
 * How do I help students self-correct?
 * This is the essence of a person’s true responsibility for learning.
 * Self-correction is what good learners already do.
 * How do I make all of this more explicit and structured?
 * How do I improve Communication/Feedback to my students?

- How do you motivate students?
 * May part of the secret be found in Self-Assessment and empowerment?
 * How do we convey what is “in it” for them?

- How can I ensure that Summative Assessments are aligned well with Targets and Instruction?

- How can IC be more Standards Based grading system?
 * How can we move from focusing on Grades toward focusing on Learning?
 * How do I use Portfolio Assessment in conjunction with IC?

- Regarding Formative Assessment…
 * It doesn’t matter what the format may be, but instead it is more about how the information is being used (or not used)?


 * 1:15 - Homework as a //Formative Assessment//**


 * 2:15 - BREAK**
 * 2:30 - Discussion: "Should Homework be graded?**
 * Three Ways to Increase Student Motivation regarding Homework...**
 * Homework must be well-designed from the start
 * Feedback must be provided in multiple ways
 * Accountability must be created in multiple ways

How do we allow for the student who is not performing on Summative Assessments that are How do re-takes


 * 3:15 - Day One Feedback**


 * DAY TWO:**


 * 8:30 - Day One Review**


 * 8:45 - Analyzing Assessments:**


 * 9:15 - Designing a Quiz, Test, Rubric for Use as Self-assessment:**
 * Summative to Formative... sharing practices in the classroom...**
 * Rich Grady
 * Jeff Summy
 * Others?


 * 9:45 - BREAK**

Target Mastery... How to Grade and Record? Academic Behaviors / Academic Identity... How to Report but not Grade (or minimually grade Grading Practice Shifts...
 * 10:00 - Standards-Based Grading... Andy Z.**
 * Mean vs. Median....
 * Points to be averaged vs. Student's current level of performance
 * Others?

1 - Alignment of Targets and Assessments 2 - Improve Formative Assessments by increasing Student Involvement 3 - Adding Formative Qualities to Summative Assessments
 * Diving Into Your Own Assessment Work:**
 * Types of Assessment Work you might engage in...**
 * greater student involvement
 * quiz/test relationship... the quiz that can never hurt you


 * 12:00 - LUNCH on your own**
 * 1:00 -** **Individual and Small Group Assessment Creation/Revision**


 * 3:00 - "14 Hour Plan" and "Hour 15"**
 * Assessment Literacy Self-Evaluation... to be completed in Hour 15**
 * 3:15 - Workshop Summary Feedback**


 * Student Involvement Resources:**

MetaRubric; Assessing Assessments (Rubrics to assess the quality of an assessment)
 * Additonal Resources/Topics:**

Performance Assessments and Creating Quality Performance Tasks

Writing Quality Reasoning Target Items

Rubric Sampler