MCATA Spring Symposium
April 30, 2010
Speaker: Laurel Sproule,
Let Students Show What
They Really Know. How do we assess Math
so that students can show us their best work?
We know that good assessment incorporates a variety of
assessment tools that provide students opportunities to demonstrate their
highest level of learning. And we know that teachers’ accurate evaluation of
student learning considers not only the products of student learning, but also
what the teacher has seen students do and heard them say (triangulation).
Also, best practice incorporates written response using
mathematical language. Practically speaking how is all this awareness of good
practice incorporated into the math classroom and balanced with the pressures
of provincial testing?
This session will examine a variety of assessment tools that
allow students to demonstrate their learning in ways that move beyond the
format of provincial achievement tests and diploma examinations. These
assessment tools address all outcomes including those outcomes not assessed
through achievement tests and diploma examinations. And incorporating this
assessment approach has been shown to improve achievement on provincial tests
and examinations. We will look at assessment blueprint exemplars that underpin
plans for effective instruction and assessment practices that support learning.
We’ll explore how changing the way assessment evidence is recorded in grade
books impacts learning and teachers’ grading decisions. The blue print supports
the use of a variety of assessment tools, triangulation of evidence, changes to
the grade book, and student awareness of the outcomes they know and those they
need to target for improvement.
There will be opportunity to design a blue print for a
specific grade and begin planning for its incorporation into classroom learning
and assessment. Bring your Program of Studies.
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