21+Nov+PYPChat

media type="custom" key="24489882"Thursday 21 November, 2013 - "Assessment of, for and as learning"

**Questions:**

 * 1) What is the purpose of assessment?
 * 2) What do we mean by assessment "of, for and as learning"?
 * 3) What are some Assessment FOR Learning strategies?
 * 4) What’s the point of a summative assessment? Does learning end?
 * 5) How do you use self assessment and peer assessment?
 * 6) What part do portfolios play in assessment?
 * 7) In what ways do you analyze and use evidence of student learning?
 * 8) How do you ensure shared responsibility for assessment of student learning?

**Resources:**
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. [|Assessment Advice -] Vic Dept of Ed. [|More on assessment of, for and as learning.] Sam Sherratt on the [|limiting nature of summative assessments] [|Assessing understanding] @whatedsaid [|10 ways to assess learning without test] @whatedsaid Dylan William clip on [|embedded formative assessment] [|Assessment samples from IB OCC] The assessed curriculum: How will we know what we have learned? (what the IB says about it on its website) #pypchat: Summative Assessments (10 May 2012) How do you assess students in an inquiry-based learning environment? (The Laboratory School at the Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study) The Canadian Assessment for Learning Network Graphic - how to show what you know Visible Thinking Routines from Project Zero How do we assess understanding (conceptual understanding rubrics) [|__http://whatedsaid.wordpress.com/2013/03/09/how-do-we-assess-understanding/__]and many of Sam's examples bit.ly/I2YPej Idea from @[|KlahnAmanda]: Use easyblogjr.co and your KG students will be blogging independently A flow chart with the info from Making the PYP Happen Assessment section: [|pic.twitter.com/VpIwzycQ0t] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> Assessment Training Instituteresources & PD opportunities <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;"> Descriptions of Visible Thinking Routines and their uses