Presentation/Assigment

 Portfolios, Grading Practices and Record-keeping:

1. Identify at least  4 learning targets (Knowledge or Reasoning Targets, as explained in Chapter 3) to be assessed.

2. Restate the targets in developmentally appropriate terms for the age group you are working with.

3. Develop  3 - 6 selected-evaluation items for each learning target.

4. Create an assessment describing how will you continually evaluate students to understand progression toward mastery or near mastery based on the lesson plan and learning goals.

5. Create a rubric for assessment.

6. Discuss the method in which you will evaluate students as they (Where will they be? How will the data be collected? etc) and how you will keep ongoing records.

7. Discuss how you will communicate outcomes with students and families

8. Discuss how you will communicate outcomes with students and families

Resource

1. Read the Rick Wormeli’s article – Redos and Retakes Done Right (LT3)

2. Read Ken O’Connor’s –15 Fixes for Broken Grades (LT1, LT2)

3. Rubric for Sound Grading Practices

4. Read Portfolios Boost Assessment Relevancy

5. Watch Reeves - Toxic Grading Practices(LT1, LT2)

6. A's for Good Behavior

This is an article Links to an external site.  by middle-school guru, Rick Wormeli about how to let students complete their work successfully.  You can also watch his two videos on the topic in the following pages. 

Reference: Wormeli, R. (2011, November). Redos and retakes done right. Educational Leadership, 69(3), 22-26.

This is an opinion piece that will get you thinking about portfolios as a performance-type assessment.

Reference: Hodges, B. (2019, February 11). Portfolios boost assessment relevancy for truly transformative learning. Education Dive. Retrieved from  https://www.educationdive.com/news/portfolios-boost-assessment-relevancy-for-truly-transformative-learning/548118/

This is an opinion piece that will get you thinking about portfolios as a performance-type assessment.

Reference: Hodges, B. (2019, February 11). Portfolios boost assessment relevancy for truly transformative learning.  Education Dive. Retrieved from  https://www.educationdive.com/news/portfolios-boost-assessment-relevancy-for-truly-transformative-learning/548118/Links to an external site.

This is a handoutLinks to an external site.  with O'Connor's practices that distort achievement and how to fix them!

Reference: O'Connor, K. (2010).  A repair kit for grading: Fifteen fixes for broken grades (2nd ed.). Saddle River, NJ: Pearson, 13.

Reeves, D. [Paul Bogush] (2010, November 2).  Toxic grading practices [Video File]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/jduiAnm-O3w 

Check out this  NY Times articleLinks to an external site.  about school districts changing their grading policies and parents who are protesting. Thanks to Chris Lanza

Reference: Tyre, P. (2010, November 27). A's for good behavior.  New York Times. Retrieved from  http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/28/weekinreview/28tyre.html?pagewanted=all