Standard8

Home Standard1 / Standard2 / Standard3 / Standard4 / Standard5 / Standard6 / Standard7 / Standard8 / Standard9 / Standard10 **Standard 8** The teacher understands and uses formal and informal assessment strategies to evaluate and ensure the continuous intellectual, social, and physical development of the pupil.
 * Teachers know how to test for student progress.**

Evidence 1:

Rationale 1: This is a large project based learning activity that incorporates three different rubrics (formal assessments) as well as regular informal assessments in the form of small group progress meetings with the teacher. Through the use of these rubrics and informal assessments I can direct student learning throughout the project and as a final assessment of learning.

KSD:

8.K.2The teacher knows how to select, construct, and use assessment strategies and instruments appropriate to the learning outcomes being evaluated and to other diagnostic purposes.

//The assessment instruments that I created and included in this project (rubrics) are geared towards evaluating the students’ achievement of the final goals of the project.//

8.S.2The teacher solicits and uses information about students’ experiences, learning behavior, needs, and progress from parents, colleagues, and the students themselves.

//The culminating experience in this project involves the students being required to deliver a presentation to a committee of community members such as parents, business owners, and local property tax payers. The feedback given by these community members is used to direct he project in the future to meet the needs of the students in our community.//

8.D.1The teacher values ongoing assessment as essential to the instructional process and recognizes that many different assessment strategies, accurately and systematically used, are necessary for monitoring and promoting student learning.

//This project includes regularly scheduled small group meetings to assess student learning and student progress. The information gathered in these meetings is used to direct students’ future learning activities and provide regular feedback between teacher and student.//