Definition

Assessment is the process of documenting and using data to refine programs and improve students' learning.

How to?

Do

• Use formative assessments frequently to understand students' progress toward the learning goal.

• Consider a wide range of assessment methods to collect different kinds of evidence of students' learning.
  • Formal and informal

• Focus assessments on long-term progress toward goals (related: growth mindset)
  • Growth-oriented instead of mastery-oriented

• Use GRASPS (Goal, Role, Audience, Situation, Product, and Standards) to help frame the performance tasks aligned with the goals

• Make the criteria and rubrics clear and explicit.
  • Detailed and broken down

• Evaluate both validity and reliability of the assessments

Do NOT

• Use only a summative assessment at the end