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Before Viewing The Webcast: When Do I Use Assessment in The Classroom?

This document provides questions for teachers to reflect on their current classroom assessment practices. It asks teachers to consider when, why, and how frequently they use various assessment methods. Teachers are prompted to think about whether they use assessment before, during, or after lessons/units; if they use assessment to determine student understanding, provide feedback, or assign grades; and if they employ diverse assessment types or assess all students the same. More questions explore issues like relying mainly on tests, selecting assessments based on purpose, and using assessment to teach self-reflection. The goal is for teachers to honestly evaluate their assessment practices in order to benefit most from an upcoming webcast on the topic.

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Before Viewing The Webcast: When Do I Use Assessment in The Classroom?

This document provides questions for teachers to reflect on their current classroom assessment practices. It asks teachers to consider when, why, and how frequently they use various assessment methods. Teachers are prompted to think about whether they use assessment before, during, or after lessons/units; if they use assessment to determine student understanding, provide feedback, or assign grades; and if they employ diverse assessment types or assess all students the same. More questions explore issues like relying mainly on tests, selecting assessments based on purpose, and using assessment to teach self-reflection. The goal is for teachers to honestly evaluate their assessment practices in order to benefit most from an upcoming webcast on the topic.

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Before Viewing the Webcast

Ask yourself the following questions about your existing classroom assessment
practices. Be honest – it’s rare that we can do everything we know we should all
the time. You’ll benefit most from this process if you reflect carefully on your own
practice:

When do I use assessment in the Almost Some of Almost


classroom? never the time always
Before beginning a unit or a lesson
In the middle of teaching a unit or a lesson
Throughout teaching a unit or lesson
At the end of teaching a unit or a lesson

Why do I use assessment in the Almost Some of Almost


classroom? never the time always
To determine students’ level of existing knowledge
To find out which students understand and don’t
understand a concept or the material presented
To find out which students could benefit from
different learning opportunities
To give specific feedback to students
To give specific feedback to parents
To provide students with models for self-
assessment
To determine a final grade for a student’s report
card

Almost Some of Almost


More questions to consider… never the time always
I tend to use pencil & paper tests or assignments for
assessment
I use a wide variety of assessment approaches
I select the assessment approach based on the
assessment purpose
I tend to assess all my students in the same way
I begin my unit planning at the end – by thinking
about how I’ll assess my students’ learning
I develop assessment tasks to get at the root of
individual student misunderstanding or
misconceptions
I use assessment tasks specifically to teach my
students to think about their own learning

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