Scenario Assessment Project 1
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Assessment Project – Part 1
Overview
Research the assessment strategies and current assessment results from the school district in which you currently reside or teach. You will need to find information on the types of assessments used, when students are assessed, the policy for student accommodations, the test results for the past few years, and anything that the district is doing to address improving student scores and achieving state standards.
Use the Internet to research one topic from the list of recommendations the superintendent provided. Justify your topic selection by highlighting its relevance to your chosen district being able to successfully meet its K–12 assessment goals. Your research should also focus on locating current issues, applications, assessment strategies, and tools related to your selected topic.
Instructions
Write a 5–7 page paper in which you:
● Propose your research topic in which you detail its relevance to meeting one or more K–12 assessment goals in your chosen school district, focusing on a specific grade level, discipline, or target student population (gifted students, students with special needs, traditionally underserved students, etc.).
● Examine at least three key political, legal, and/or current issues related to your chosen topic. ● Describe at least three specific needs of the students in the school district including students with
special learning needs. ● Propose at least three applications your topic has to K–12 assessment in your chosen school
district. ● Provide at least four sources that document detailed information about your proposed topic. The
sources must be written within the last five years.
Scenario for Assessment Project
Imagine that your locally elected school district board has commissioned an assessment task force to improve the overall standardized test scores of the students within the school district. The superintendent (a role played by your professor) has asked you, a member of the assessment task force, to research a specific topic relevant to improving the standardized testing. Your research will be combined with research from other team members to create a comprehensive report on the district's assessment program. The superintendent will review the parts of your proposal as you develop each part and
provide you feedback. This feedback needs to be incorporated into subsequent parts of the proposal for presentation.
Your part of the report needs to include:
● A summary of the local school district’s established assessment goals. ● A report of the research you have found on your chosen topic. ● Proposed recommendations for changes to the district's K–12 assessment strategy based
on your research.
The superintendent would like to see research on these topics in the final comprehensive report. You are to select one of the topics to research and write up for the report. If you have ideas for other topics that would be useful to include in the report, you can suggest them.
● Bias (cultural and gender) in aptitude and standardized tests. ● Implications of cognitive science and brain research upon assessment. ● Implications of Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) of 2015 with respect to testing. ● Alternate assessment methods for special populations (e.g., gifted students, students with
learning disabilities). ● Assessing students with disabilities using computer technologies or other innovations
(select one or more types of disabilities). ● Implications of National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) for teachers, coaches,
and students to school districts with respect to program assessment. ● Implications of the Common Core Standards and/or state standards with relation to your
chosen local school district, state education system, or education system on a national level.
● Balancing the use of formative or summative assessments in the classroom with required standardized assessments.
Note: You may create and/or make all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of these assignments including providing real research information.
MUST FOLLOW RUBRIC:::
Propose your research topic in which you detail its relevance to meeting one or
more K–12 assessment goals
in your chosen school district, focusing on a specific grade
level, discipline, or target student population (gifted
students, students with special needs,
etc.).
Points: 0 (0.00%) Did not submit or incompletely proposed your research topic in which you detail its relevance to meeting one or more K–12 assessment goals in your chosen school district, focusing on a specific grade level, discipline, or target student population (gifted students, students with special needs, etc.).
Points: 23.625 (11.25%) Partially proposed your research topic in which you detail its relevance to meeting one or more K–12 assessment goals in your chosen school district, focusing on a specific grade level, discipline, or target student population (gifted students, students with special needs, etc.).
Points: 26.775 (12.75%) Satisfactorily proposed your research topic in which you detail its relevance to meeting one or more K–12 assessment goals in your chosen school district, focusing on a specific grade level, discipline, or target student population (gifted students, students with special needs, etc.).
Points: 31.5 (15.00%) Thoroughly proposed your research topic in which you detail its relevance to meeting one or more K–12 assessment goals in your chosen school district, focusing on a specific grade level, discipline, or target student population (gifted students, students with special needs, etc.).
Examine at least three key political, legal, or current issues related to
your chosen topic.
Points: 0 (0.00%) Did not submit or incompletely examined at least three key political, legal, or current issues related to your chosen topic.
Points: 31.5 (15.00%) Partially examined at least three key political, legal, or current issues related to your chosen topic.
Points: 35.7 (17.00%) Satisfactorily examined at least three key political, legal, or current issues related to your chosen topic.
Points: 42 (20.00%) Thoroughly examined at least three key political, legal, or current issues related to your chosen topic.
Describe at least three specific needs of the
students in the school district,
including students with
special learning needs.
Points: 0 (0.00%) Did not submit or incompletely described at least three specific needs of the students in the school district, including students with special learning needs.
Points: 31.5 (15.00%) Partially described at least three specific needs of the students in the school district, including students with special learning needs.
Points: 35.7 (17.00%) Satisfactorily described at least three specific needs of the students in the school district, including students with special learning needs.
Points: 42 (20.00%) Thoroughly described at least three specific needs of the students in the school district, including students with special learning needs.
Propose at least three applications your topic has to K–12 assessment
Points: 0 (0.00%) Did not submit or incompletely proposed at least
Points: 31.5 (15.00%) Partially proposed at least three applications your
Points: 35.7 (17.00%) Satisfactorily proposed at least three applications
Points: 42 (20.00%) Thoroughly proposed at least three applications
in your chosen school district.
three applications your topic has to K–12 assessment in your chosen school district.
topic has to K–12 assessment in your chosen school district.
your topic has to K–12 assessment in your chosen school district.
your topic has to K–12 assessment in your chosen school district.
Four references. Points: 0 (0.00%) No references provided.
Points: 15.75 (7.50%) Does not meet the required number of references; some or all references were poor-quality choices.
Points: 17.85 (8.50%) Meets number of required references; all references were high-quality choices.
Points: 21 (10.00%) Exceeds number of required references; all references were high-quality choices.
Writing mechanics,
grammar, and formatting.
Points: 0 (0.00%) Serious and persistent errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, or formatting.
Points: 15.75 (7.50%) Partially free of errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, or formatting.
Points: 17.85 (8.50%) Mostly free of errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, or formatting.
Points: 21 (10.00%) Error free or almost error free grammar, spelling, punctuation, or formatting.
Clarity and coherence of
writing.
Points: 0 (0.00%) Information is confusing to the reader and fails to include reasons and evidence that logically support ideas.
Points: 7.875 (3.75%) Information is partially clear, with minimal reasons and evidence that logically support ideas.
Points: 8.925 (4.25%) Information is mostly clear and generally supported with reasons and evidence that logically support ideas.
Points: 10.5 (5.00%) Information is provided in a clear, coherent, and consistent manner with reasons and evidence that logically support ideas.
