Module 8 Read: Assessment, Feedback, and Meeting the Needs of All Learners

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Assessment and feedback are closely linked. In order to provide students with effective feedback, teachers need to understand students’ current level of performance, students’ excepted level of performance, and actions they can take to close the gap. Each day, students make movement toward meeting the learning goals so each day we need to make adjustments to our feedback and instruction that fit the specifics of our students. As you read, take note:

What is the difference between formative and summative evaluation? What are examples of each?
What are the four levels of feedback? What are examples of each?

Once you have completed reading, consider these practices and how frequently you perform them.

I primarily use end-of-unit tests to assess student learning.
I use grades as feedback to students.
I use student work from a lesson to find out where my students are in relationship to our learning goals.
I make adjustments to tomorrow’s lesson plans based on student work and responses from today.
My students provide feedback to each other about their strategies and processes.
You can frequently hear me say something like, “Great work!”

How do your responses compare to the ideals of assessment and feedback?

Where are you in relationship to these ideals?

What do you need to know to move closer to these ideals?

What do you need to change to move closer to these ideals?

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