Unpacking the Essential Skills of Standards Planning Assessment for Learning Level of Complexity Key Verbs that may Clue Level Evidence of DOK Level 3 Appraise Examine Solve non-routine problems Strategic Thinking Assess Explain how Interpret information Requires reasoning, Cite evidence Formulate from a complex developing a plan or a Explain phenomena in sequence of steps, some Check Hypothesize terms of concepts complexity Compare Identify Support ideas with Bloom details and examples Compile Infer Analyze Develop a scientific Breaking information into Conclude Interpret model for a complex parts to explore situation Contrast Investigate understanding and Formulate conclusions relationships. Critique Judge from experimental data Compile information Evaluate Decide Justify from multiple sources to Checks/Critiques – Defend Reorganize address a specific topic makes judgements based Develop a logical on criteria and standards Describe Solve argument Develop Support Identify and then justify a solution Differentiate Identify the author’s Distinguish purpose and explain how Identify the author’s purpose and explain how it effects the interpretation of a reading selection Level 4 Appraise Design and conduct an experiment that Extended Thinking Connect requires specifying a Requires an Create problem, report investigation, time to results/solutions think and process Critique Synthesize ideas into multiple conditions of the Design new concepts problem. Most Critique experimental assessments will Judge designs not include Level 4 Justify Design a mathematical activities to inform and solve Prove Bloom a practical or abstract Synthesize Report situation Putting together elements Connect common Synthesize and parts to form a whole themes across texts from different cultures Evaluation Synthesize information Making value judgements from multiple sources about the method
Unpacking the Essential Skills of Standards Planning Assessment for Learning Level of Complexity Key Verbs that may Clue Level Evidence of DOK Level 3 Strategic Thinking Requires reasoning, developing a plan or a sequence of steps, some complexity Bloom Analyze Breaking information into parts to explore understanding and relationships. Evaluate Checks/Critiques – makes judgements based on criteria and standards Appraise Assess Cite evidence Check Compare Compile Conclude Contrast Critique Decide Defend Describe Develop Differentiate Distinguish Examine Explain how Formulate Hypothesize Identify Infer Interpret Investigate Judge Justify Reorganize Solve Support Solve non-routine problems Interpret information from a complex Explain phenomena in terms of concepts Support ideas with details and examples Develop a scientific model for a complex situation Formulate conclusions from experimental data Compile information from multiple sources to address a specific topic Develop a logical argument Identify and then justify a solution Identify the author’s purpose and explain how Identify the author’s purpose and explain how it effects the interpretation of a reading selection Level 4 Extended Thinking Requires an investigation, time to think and process multiple conditions of the problem. Most assessments will not include Level 4 activities Bloom Synthesize Putting together elements and parts to form a whole Evaluation Making value judgements about the method Appraise Connect Create Critique Design Judge Justify Prove Report Synthesize Design and conduct an experiment that requires specifying a problem, report results/solutions Synthesize ideas into new concepts Critique experimental designs Design a mathematical to inform and solve a practical or abstract situation Connect common themes across texts from different cultures Synthesize information from multiple sources