February 11, 2004 (class #4)

Course Outline:

1.)	announcements: meet in Student Services Center B-69 next week need Lobo cards next week!!!!!!
2.)	small group activity (KWL): individually, write down: 1) what you already know about classroom-based assessment, and 2) what you want to know. In your group, share your list and see if anyone in your group can help you find out what you want to know. If no one has an answer (using your readings to help), develop a game plan for researching your questions. Your goal is to bring back answers next week to your group (you will do the "L", what you have learned, at the beginning of class next week in the TEC center, while people are getting registered for TEC Center accounts.
3.)	quick write: Looking at all of the sample assessment instruments in your readings for this week -- what strikes you as something that you could really use in the classroom?
4.)	Interactive presentation (using guided notes): criterion referenced and classroom-based assessment
5.)	minute paper

Handouts:
guided notes (pdf* file)
portfolio assessment.

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Author: Burke (1999), Chapter 5: performance tasks and rubrics

1.)	Define a performance task in your own words, and provide a few examples that might be relevant to your future teaching.
2.)	The definition of valid assessment provided in the text (p. 83), as measuring what you intend to measure and what you taught, seems straight forward. What does it really mean?
3.)	Rubrics require the use of criteria -- what are criteria?
4.)	Now that you've read this chapter: ...what seem to be some important concepts in this reading? ...what are some new terms for you? ...what new questions do you have?

Author: Burke (1999). Chapter 6:

1.)	Why is it important for you to learn how to develop your own assessment instruments to use in the classroom?
2.)	How do the "three-story intellect" verbs relate to Bloom's taxonomy?
3.)	Why do you think the items on page 109 are important?
4.)	Now that you've read this chapter: ...what seem to be some important concepts in this reading? ...what are some new terms for you? ...what new questions do you have?

• Look that this web site from Chicago Public Schools on performance assessment and scoring rubrics: http://intranet.cps.k12.il.us/Assessments/Ideas_and_Rubrics/ideas_and_rubrics.html
• This web page from Education World has a clear, brief description of rubrics and lots of great links to other helpful sites: http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr248.shtml
• Look at some of these resources from the ASCD web site (under "classroom processes"):
• Assessment: A test worth taking
• Assessment: Understanding rubrics
• Assessment: Using rubrics to promote thinking and learning