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Blueprint — Guideline for classroom assessments
Build classroom assessments that improve instruction and learning. Advantages of a classroom blueprint Classroom assessment blueprints have an advantage over district blueprints. They are flexible and designed for instructional and student learning needs. Create assessments to answer questions about instructional practice and student progress. A blueprint is the first step in creating useful student assessment
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Ten ways to undermine a performance task
The following are potential ways to improve performance, but undermine the value of the performance data. Practice and rehearse the task in preparation for the student to recall information, not involve complex thinking. Provide too much information during the task to prompt responses, hindering students thinking for themselves. Structure the task with too specific directions
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Evidence of higher order thinking
The best classroom assessment is designed to fulfill your performance data needs. Desired information equals valuable and useful data. Complexity and rigor should be beneficial to learning Higher order assessments don’t have to be hard. An appropriate level of complexity and rigor best measures student thinking, including the assessment’s required reading. It is often difficult
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Problems to solve
What problem solvers do? IDEAL problem solve What questions can we ask? Before a student can solve higher order thinking problems, they need to understand the task. Students must ask questions about the problem. Once they understand the issue, then they make sense of relevant information. Strategies As with all learning skills, strategy needs to
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Classroom science assessments
An effective science assessment measures student understanding and knowledge of concepts. The standard-based questions work together to create a big picture of student understanding. Question the test
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Evidence of higher order thinking
The best classroom assessments are designed to fulfill your performance data needs. Desired information equals valuable and useful data. Complexity and rigor should be beneficial to learningHigher order assessments don’t have to be hard. An appropriate level of complexity and rigor best measures student thinking, including the assessment’s required reading. It is often difficult or
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