ALCA PLC Members 7 Steps Data Standards Map Plan Curriculum Assessment Strategies

Assessment Focus

Step 3: Assessment

High quality assessments are essential for clearly gaging students' depth of knowledge of standards and objectives. ALCA-member school districts have the capability of creating and sharing assessments in the form of online tests, rubrics and portfolios. Educators can create tests for use as review or incorporate into ALCA courses to document student performance throughout the year. In the spring of 2008 rubric and portfolio based assessments will be available for all educational institutions, including universities.
ALCA intends to launch an initiative during the 2007/2008 school year to facilitate a collaboration of school districts and teachers in the development of test items. These items will support review and/or benchmark assessments.
1. Strategies
  
  Develop assessment strategies to better assess learning from diary activities. Strategies may include tests, rubrics, portfolios, peer activities, and questioning.
2. Selection
  
  Select or develop assessment items based on strategies identified integrating standards-based tests, rubrics, and portfolio work samples.
3. Assessing
  
  Implement assessment strategies using selected items generating Comprehend Pro-based data sets for reflections.

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