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 3 Assessment Literacy for Educators
Assessment Literacy
For an in-depth exploration of classroom level assessment, consult:
Classroom Assessment for Student Learning—Doing It Right—Using It Well by Jan Chappuis, Rick Stiggins, Steve Chappuis and Judith Arter, Pearson, 2011
Transformative Assessment by W. James Popham, ASCD, 2008
Test Better, Teach Better by W. James Popham, ASCD, 2003
Classroom Assessment, What Teachers Need to Know by W. James Popham, Pearson, 2011
“Assessment Literacy in a Standards-Based Urban Education Setting” by Norman L.Webb: http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/archive/mps/AERA2002/Assessment%20literacy%20NLW%20Final%2032602.pdf
California Standards for the Teaching Profession: http://www.ctc.ca.gov/educator-prep/standards/CSTP-2009.pdf
“Attributes of Effective Formative Assessment” (learn more about the National Formative Assessment for Students and Teachers [FAST]): http://www.ccsso.org/Documents/2008/Attributes_of_Effective_2008.pdf
“Standards and Performance Measures for Teacher Candidates and Practicing Teachers” by Stuart R. Kahl, Peter Hofman, and Sara Bryant (learn more about attributes of assessment literate teachers): http://www.measuredprogress.org/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=030c6d7e-e899-4cc7-b2c0-1288b385c202&groupId=10157
Assessment Literacy. Brought to you by the California Department of Education and the San Joaquin County Office of Education.
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