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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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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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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 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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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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What characteristics do proficient readers show in the classroom? In a perfect world, every student is reading independently and at grade level expectations. We do not live in a perfect world. It is important to know what successful readers look like in the classroom. The instructional standards guide planning and instruction, but not necessarily what
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Test scores will follow a strong academic program, but score focused instruction does not create life-long learners or consistent high scores. Setting minimum learning outcomes is not bad policy and minimums do not lower expectations. Minimums do not lower the floor, they raise ceilings. School sites not accepting student performance below a minimum level define
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