Day 2 RPI - Know your learners as readers. Assessment 101 with Naomi.
I thoroughly enjoyed 'The chalk-and-talk' session with Naomi, where we were shown how to link the reader profile to the Pillars of Practice to get to know learners as readers.
Pillars of Practice - Designing reading with an end in mind.
[Manaiakalani - RPI Day 2]
Assessment - A closer look at assessment to inform.
[Formative and Summative] - Data is collected, then what?
How can the data be used?
'What matters most is not so much the form of the assessment, but how the information is used to improve teaching and learning. Data can be used both formatively and summatively. Formative assessment use can be thought of as making decisions about “where to next”: what actions will be taken to move from where we are to where we want to be. Summative assessment looks at the data after the actions and asks how successful we were at making the changes we planned for. How much of a difference did we make? Did we achieve the gains we should have?'
[Know your learners as readers. Assessment 101 - Notes from Slide 5]
Both formal and informal assessments are important for making MORE RELIABLE judgments.
[Manaiakalani - Assessment 101 Slide 8]
The purpose of formative assessment is to identify the next steps of learning, track learning and give feedback.
The goal of summative assessment is to evaluate student learning at the end of a unit of work, at the end of a term or year, by comparing it against a standard or benchmark.
[Manaiakalni - Assessment 101 slide 9]
This leads to the goal, 'Assessment Capable Learners'
My takeaway gem - Designing reading with an end in mind.
NOW YOUR LEARNERS AS READERS:
Assessment 101