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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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Reading to Learn transition
What skills should our students have when they begin to independently learn from reading informational text? Sample list: How can we measure our students ability to read content specific text? Most content area diagnostic assessments measure knowledge, not the skills needed to learn from content specific text. Fluency is not equal Fluency in language arts
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Teacher interventions
Advantages of Teacher Driven Interventions Teachers know the learning gaps Support and develop classroom interventions to close learning gaps. Advantages of a teacher designed intervention. Classroom identified learning gaps use recent data generated by the students during the learning process. State or district assessment data is useful, but better informs systemic or institutional decisions. It
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Valuable student data
Valuable student data is based on teacher’s value of the data. Valuable performance data answers questions about student learning, provides feedback on growth, or gives insight to effectiveness of instructional practice. Performance data is neither right or wrong. It is valuable or not. The value comes from the data’s ability to answer questions or provide
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Create classroom assessments
Why do we need this test? Why am I administering this assessment? Why am I taking this assessment? Purpose of the assessment Define the purpose of the test with the need for the data, and the use of the results. Questions to determine need How will this assessment support learning and instruction? Why do we
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