OAME 2011-12 Leadership Conference

1. OAME 2011-12 Leadership Conference Creating Communities of Assessment Inquiry and Practice: A Vision for Leadership in Mathematics Breakout Session #3 Saturday October 29th, 2011 MaryLou Kestell Caroline Rosenbloom

2. Learning Goals • explore balanced assessment • design a balanced assessment unit plan

3. Post-It Note Pile Up • Individually, record one idea per post-it note • How would you assess student understanding of Patterning & Algebra / Functions for each of the categories of achievement? Knowledge Understanding Communication Thinking Application

4. Post-It Note Pile Up • As a table group, pile ideas based on emerging themes per category using the chart paper 4-quadrant placemat to gather your data. • Whole Group Share Knowledge & Understanding Communication Thinking Application

5. Eliciting Information About Student Learning • Teachers use a variety of assessment strategies to elicit information about student learning. These strategies should be triangulated to include observation, student-teacher conversations, and student products. Growing Success, p. 34

6. Evidence of Student Achievement for Evaluation • Evidence of student achievement for evaluation is collected over time from three different sources – observations, conversations, and student products. Using multiple sources of evidence increases the reliability and validity of the evaluation of student learning. Growing Success, p. 39

7. Post-It Note Pile Up Resort • As a table group, use BLM 3.2 to resort post-it notes based on triangulation of data • Observations • Conversations • Products • Whole Group Share • Record new strategies on your Venn Diagram

8. A Variety of Assessment Strategies • Some sample resources for review: • Understanding by Design: A Continuum of Assessments • Alaska Department of Education & Early Development: A Collection of Assessment Strategies • Rethinking Classroom Assessment with Purpose in Mind: Assessment Tool Kit • Evidence of Learning: Tools & Strategies (TDSB) • 10 ways to assess learning without tests… • Conducting In-Class Student Interviews

9. Considering New Strategies • As a table group, review the sample assessment strategy resources • Record new strategies you wish to implement or support others in implementing to balance assessment.

10. Data Collection Forms • Some sample balanced assessment data collection forms for review: • Thomson Nelson: Assessment of Learning Summary (Individual and Class) • Classroom Assessment for Student Learning: Gradebook samples • Suurtamm: Balancing Assessment

11. Supporting Implementation • Examine the data collection form resources. • Determine which aspects would support you as you support others in implementing new assessment strategies.

12. Balanced Assessment Plan • Some sample resources for review: • Understanding by Design 2nd Edition: Template with Design Questions, Key Design Elements with Prompts & Clarifying Content Priorities • TDSB Unit Plan Template

13. Mathematics Learning Wall

14. Balanced Assessment Plan • Examine the resources provided. • Use your Venn diagram and the various resources available to create a balanced assessment unit plan.

15. Supporting Others • In your groups, discuss how you might support others in shifting their summative assessment practices.

16. Reflect and record on your Learning Log.

17. Open Space Technology