Table of Contents
Content Home
Welcome- Module Orientation
Pre-Assessment- Unit 1: Introduction and Overview
- Unit 2: California State Assessment System
- Standardized Testing and Reporting Program
- New State Assessment System
- Smarter Balanced Assessments
- Computer Adaptive Technology
- A Balanced Assessment System
- Assessment Methods and Item Types
- Smarter Balanced Preliminary Blueprints
- Smarter Balanced Practice Tests
- Supporting All Students in California’s Assessment System
Summary of Unit 2
- Unit 3: Assessment Literacy for Educators
- Purposes and Uses of Assessment
- Assessment Information Usage
- Types of Assessment Information
- Integrated Teaching-Assessment Cycle
- Assessment Literacy at the Classroom Level
- Assessment Literacy Defined
- Assessing Student Learning
- Council of Chief State School Officers
- Attributes of Assessment-literate Teachers
- Summary of Unit 3
- Unit 4: Developing Standards-based Instructional Learning Targets
- Preparing and Planning for Instruction and Assessment
- Planning for Instruction and Assessment
- Assessment Targets
- Developing Instructional Learning Targets
- Summary of Unit 4
- Unit 5: A Balanced Assessment System
- Multiple Levels of Assessment
- Sources of Assessment Data
- Effective, Appropriate Use of Assessments and Assessment Data
- Categorizing Different Types of Assessments
- Summative Assessment: Assessment of Learning
- Formative Assessment Practices and Tools: Assessment for Learning
- Peer Assessment
- Assessment Vignettes
- Summary of Unit 5
- Unit 6: Identifying, Developing, and Implementing Sound, Quality Assessments
- Identifying, Selecting, and Developing Appropriate Classroom Assessments
- Key Concepts in Accurate Measurement: Validity
- Key Concepts in Accurate Measurement: Reliability
- Key Concepts in Accurate Measurement: Fairness
- Assessment Accessibility
- Selecting and Developing Appropriate Classroom Assessments: Assessment Methods
- Developing Better Assessments
- Instructionally Embedded Formative Assessment: Checking for Understanding Strategies
- Checking for Understanding on a Daily Basis
- Using Think-Pair-Share to Check for Understanding
- Summary of Unit 6
- Unit 7: Analyze & Act: Appropriate & Effective Use of Assessment Data
- Assessment Data
- Using Rubrics to Evaluate Student Work
- Involving Students in Using Rubrics
- Analyzing and Interpreting Data: Mining Item-Level Data
- Acting on the Data: Now What, So What?
- Developing Instructional Adjustments and Interventions
- Effective Feedback
- Student Reflection and Goal Setting
- Students’ Use of Data
- Steps for Goal Setting
- Goal Setting from Constructed-Response Assessments
- Helping Students Adjust Their Learning Tactics
- Summary of Unit 7
- Module Summary
Post-Assessment- Certificate of Completion
Glossary- Resources
- Unit 1 Introduction and Overview
- Unit 2 California Assessment System
- Unit 3 Assessment Literacy for Educators
- Unit 4: Developing Standards-Based Instructional Learning Targets
- Unit 5: A Balanced Assessment System
- Unit 6: Identifying, Developing and Implementing Sound, Quality Assessments
- Unit 7: Analyze & Act: Appropriate and Effective Use of Assessment Data
- Module Evaluation
Unit 1 Introduction and Overview
CCSS, CCR Anchor Standards, and 21st Century Learning
CCSS Initiative Web site: http://www.corestandards.org/
CDE CCSS Web page: http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/cc/
Achieve the Core Web site: http://www.achievethecore.org/
Partnership for 21st Century Skills Web site: http://p21.org/
Success at the Core Resources Web site: www.successatthecore.com
California’s CCSS Interactive Implementation Timeline: http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/cc/tl/index.asp
Appendix A: CCSS College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards: http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/cr/cf/documents/appendixesandreferences.pdf
Cisco-Intel-Microsoft Call to Action, “Transforming Education: Teaching and Assessing 21st Century Skills:” http://atc21s.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Cisco-Intel-Microsoft-Assessment-Call-to-Action.pdf
Partnership for 21st Century Skills — P21 Common Core Toolkit (free download): http://www.p21.org/tools-and-resources/p21-common-core-toolkit
Coalition for a College and Career Ready America: http://www.ccrscenter.org/products-resources/resource-database/coalition-college-and-career-ready-america-guiding-principles
Assessment Literacy. Brought to you by the California Department of Education and the San Joaquin County Office of Education.
For questions or feedback, please e-mail commoncoreteam@cde.ca.gov.
