Assessing Student Learning Task 4. Purpose The Assessment of Student Learning task illustrates how you diagnose student learning needs through your analysis of student work samples. It provides evidence of your ability to 1) select an assessment tool and criteria that are aligned with your central focus, student standards, and learning objectives; 2) analyze student performance on an assessment in relation to student needs and the identified learning objectives; 3) provide feedback to students; and 4) use the analysis to identify next steps in instruction for the whole class and individual students. Overview of Task Summarize and analyze meaningful patterns in whole class performance on a selected student assessment from the learning segment. The assessment should be the work of individuals, not groups. Demonstrate a variety of student performances for the assessment three student work samples, including any feedback you wrote directly on the work. Analyze the performance of two individual students and diagnose individual learning needs. What Do I Need to Do? Provide a copy of the directions/prompt for the assessment, if these are not apparent from the student work samples. Collect student work from your entire class. Analyze the student work to identify patterns in understanding across the class. Provide any evaluative criteria (or rubric) that you used to assess the student work. Evaluative criteria are performance indicators that you use to assess student learning. Categories of evaluative criteria include understanding the author’s use of imagery, or use of evidence from the text to support an interpretation. Select three student work samples which together represent what students generally understood and what a number of students were still struggling to understand. At least one of these students should be an English Learner. If multiple drafts of the assessment were collected, you may include all drafts as the work sample. Label these work samples as Sample 1”, Sample 2”, and Sample 3”. “Work “Work “Work Be sure that reviewers can distinguish any written feedback to students from the students’ written work. Document your feedback to these three students, either as individuals or as part of a larger group. If it is not written directly on the work sample, provide a copy of any written feedback or write a summary of oral feedback (summary may be included with Commentary prompt #5 below). Respond to each of the prompts in the Assessment Commentary.
Task 4. Assessing Student Learning Purpose The Assessment of Student Learning task illustrates how you diagnose student learning needs through your analysis of student work samples. It provides evidence of your ability to 1) select an assessment tool and criteria that are aligned with your central focus, student standards, and learning objectives; 2) analyze student performance on an assessment in relation to student needs and the identified learning objectives; 3) provide feedback to students; and 4) use the analysis to identify next steps in instruction for the whole class and individual students. Overview of Task Summarize and analyze meaningful patterns in whole class performance on a selected student assessment from the learning segment. The assessment should be the work of individuals, not groups. Demonstrate a variety of student performances for the assessment three student work samples, including any feedback you wrote directly on the work. Analyze the performance of two individual students and diagnose individual learning needs. What Do I Need to Do? Provide a copy of the directions/prompt for the assessment, if these are not apparent from the student work samples. Collect student work from your entire class. Analyze the student work to identify patterns in understanding across the class. Provide any evaluative criteria (or rubric) that you used to assess the student work. Evaluative criteria are performance indicators that you use to assess student learning. Categories of evaluative criteria include understanding the author’s use of imagery, or use of evidence from the text to support an interpretation. Select three student work samples which together represent what students generally understood and what a number of students were still struggling to understand. At least one of these students should be an English Learner. If multiple drafts of the assessment were collected, you may include all drafts as the work sample. Label these work samples as “Work Sample 1”, “Work Sample 2”, and “Work Sample 3”. Be sure that reviewers can distinguish any written feedback to students from the students’ written work. Document your feedback to these three students, either as individuals or as part of a larger group. If it is not written directly on the work sample, provide a copy of any written feedback or write a summary of oral feedback (summary may be included with Commentary prompt #5 below). Respond to each of the prompts in the Assessment Commentary.