In class this week we began the process of creating our assessment plans. As I continue to develop my project for this course, I'm anticipating that I will be modifying and editing my assessments. However, at this current time I would like to discuss my work in relation to the Key Principles of Assessment as discussed by the Organization "What Kids Can Do?"
Assessment is for students
At the current time my assessment has two major opportunities for student participation. The first is their learning log and the second is their peer evaluation. While these are good forms of assessments, I would like to have the students create the teacher rubric that will be used for the assessment. This will enable the students to have more ownership over the assessment process.
Assessment is faithful to the work students actually do
The summative task for this unit has students developing and creating their own top 10 tips list. The rubric has been designed to focus on the aspects of the project that the students complete and not what they leave out. Additionally, time is built in daily for student to reflect on what they are doing.
Assessment is public
Currently students are not given an opportunity to state their goals for the unit. However, this can easily be introduced at the start of the unit to help frame student work and reflection. Currently the main audience is the grade 4 class, but it could easily be shared via YouTube and other online authoring software to get a broad opinion of their work.
Assessment promotes ongoing self-reflections and critical inquiry
Currently the assessment criteria is given mainly by the teacher. However, as discussed earlier by inviting the students to create the rubric for the assignment, they will better understand the qualities of good work and be able to develop work that meets those standards.
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