1. Assessment for Learning: What
Administrators Need to Know and Do
EARCOS Oct.2010
Faye Brownlie
fayebrownlie@shaw.ca
www.w.slideshare.net
2. I can understand and explain to others the
concept of assessment for learning (AFL) and
assessment of learning.
I can identify six big AFL practices and describe
classroom examples.
I can determine a next step in how to support my
teachers.
Learning Intentions
11. Goal:
Learning
IntenFons,
self
assessment
Kate
Giffin,
gr.
4/5
Learning
Inten+on
Quiz
Mastery
Prac+ce
on
my
own
Assistance
please!
Where
I
get
stuck…
I
can
create
equivalent
fracFons.
I
can
reduce
a
fracFon
to
its
lowest
terms.
14. EssenFal
QuesFon
• How
are
hope,
knowledge,
and
friendship
necessary
for
the
survival
of
the
human
spirit?
15. Co-‐created
Journal
Criteria
Reading
Journal
1-‐4
5-‐6
7-‐8
9-‐10
THINKING
Ideas,
opinions,
depth,
quesFons,
connecFons
•very
lile
thinking
is
evident,
may
or
not
make
sense
or
seem
‘random’
•thinking
is
simple
and
makes
sense
•points
may
be
very
obvious
•thinking
is
clear
and
logical,
may
have
some
depth
•straight-‐
forward
points
•thinking
is
logical,
thought-‐out
and
‘deep’
(insight-‐
ful)
•may
have
some
unusual
points
but
used
in
a
though`ul
way
SUPPORT
AND
DETAIL
Examples
(inc.
from
the
book),
amount
of
detail
•few
or
no
ex.
•lile
or
no
detail
•some
ex.
•some
detail
•points
have
reasons/ex.
•points
are
developed
with
detail
•points
have
logical
reasons
or
ex.;
good
specific
detail;
variety
in
detail/ex.
16. Assessment
of
Learning
-‐
Journals
• Students
choose
3
journal
responses
for
their
mark.
• Students
may
rework
any
of
their
responses.
• Self-‐regulated
learning:
deciding
on
and
pracFcing
what
you
feel
is
most
important
–
gives
control.
17. Gr. 3 Writing:
Model – a small moment
Establish criteria
Kids write
Descriptive feedback on
criteria
Learning Intention: I can write and describe a
small event from my morning.
18. All
alone,
I
stepped
into
my
car.
With
my
map
in
hand,
I
began
to
drive.
At
the
lights
I
turned
lel,
then
the
map
said
to
turn
right.
“Oh,
no!”
The
sign
said,
“Road
closed”.
“Help,”
I
thought.
“What
am
I
going
to
do?”
26. How can you show your
number for our number
book?
27.
28.
29. QuesFoning
• Who
is
answering
your
quesFons?
• Who
is
asking
the
quesFons?
30. Learning Intentions
•I can pose questions based on an image
•I can integrate information about an
image, based on my own questions and
those of others
31.
32.
33.
34. Secret of the Dance -
Andrea Spalding and Alfred Scow,
Illustrations - Darlene Gait
Orca Publishing, 2006
#9 781551 433967
37. Goal:
more
descripFve
feedback
J.
Mercuri,
MacKenzie
Secondary
• Grade
10
socials
students
–
first
dral
of
essay
• Explained
the
rubric
to
the
grade
12
English
students,
then
they
used
the
rubric
to
highlight
the
anonymous
essays
• Grade
12
students
included
with
their
feedback,
2
stars
and
a
wish
• Grade
10
students
used
the
feedback
to
revise
their
essay,
then
handed
them
in
for
marks
39. Goal:
feedback,
self
assessment,
ownership
Aliisa
and
Joni
• During
lecture,
lab
or
assignment
• 3
coloured
cubes:
– Red
–
don’t
get
it
– Yellow
–
bit
confused
– Green
–
making
sense
– Used
with
AP
Biology
12,
science
10,
Biology
11
40. Goal:
self
assessment,
ownership
• Highlight
your
notes
with
the
3
colours
–
helps
you
find
what
you
need
to
focus
on
• Code
your
own
quizzes
with
coloured
pencils,
before
handing
in
• Consider
your
errors
–
how
many
were
careless?
46. Exit
Slips
• Day
1
Choose
1
part
of
the
digesFve
system
and
describe
what
happens
to
food
there.
• Day
2
Write
the
2
most
important
things
learned
today.
• Day
4
3-‐2-‐1
for
digesFon.
47. Grand Conversations, Thoughtful Responses - a unique approach to literature
circles -‐
Faye
Brownlie
Portage
and
Main
Press,
2004
Student Diversity, 2nd ed -‐
Brownlie,
Feniak
and
Schnellert
Pembroke
Publishers,
2005
It’s All about Thinking – Collaborating to support all learners (in English, Social
Studies and Humanities)
–
Brownlie
and
Schnellert
Portage
and
Main
Press,
2009
Pulling Together – Integrating inquiry, assessment, and instruction in today’s
English classroom
–
Schnellert,
Datoo,
Ediger,
Panas
Pembroke
Pub.,
2009
Webcast series:
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