Student Learning

Prep to Year 10 Assessment – Assessment Professional Learning Modules

Module 2: Assessment OF Learning

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  • Assessment OF learning occurs when teachers use evidence of student learning to make judgements on student achievement against goals and standards. It is usually formal, frequently occurring at the end of units of work where it sums up student achievement at a particular point in time. It is often organised around themes or major projects and judgements may be based on student performance on multi-domain assessment tasks. It has a summative use, showing how students are progressing against the Standards, and a formative use providing evidence to inform long term planning.
  • Assessment FOR learning
  • Assessment AS learning


Facilitator Notes for Module 2 : Assessment OF Learning

outcomes

After completing Module 2 teachers will be able to:

  • make planning decisions for assessment OF learning purposes
  • identify those assessment strategies that they use frequently, occasionally and rarely and develop a plan to try some new assessment tools
  • recognise when assessment tasks promote deep understanding and are authentic and productive
  • plan future learning for students using assessment of learning data
  • create and trial a rubric for a class they teach
  • design better conventional written tests
  • plan and implement some classroom-based actions following this module.

 

Module 2 - Activities and Description
The activities are the core activities.

Delving Deeper Activities

Samples and Stories

Sharing
Begin this session sharing ideas that colleagues have tried since last session - what worked and what didn't - and ideas to try next time.

 

 
Activity 2-0 Assessment Appetiser : Staffroom Scene (PDF - 57Kb)
This scenario raises a number of issues about assessment of learning.

 

 
Module 2 Presentation (PPT - 551Kb)
The features of open-ended multi-domain assessment tasks and how to design them are described here.		  

 
Activity 2-1A Planning: Assessment OF Learning (PDF - 77Kb)
Groups of teachers will use this activity to make decisions when the purpose is assessment of learning.		 Activity 2-1B Deep Understanding Assessment Tasks (Word - 138Kb)
What does deep understanding look like for my students in my context? This activity will help teachers to find out.

 

Activity 2-1C Our Assessment Tasks and Deep Understanding (PDF - 62Kb). Reflect on current assessment tasks and identify which ones are focussed on deep understanding.

Activity 2-1D Authentic Assessment Tasks (PDF - 56Kb) To explore the concept of “authentic” or “productive” assessment tasks.

 

 
Activity 2-2A Traffic Lighting Learning Evidence (PDF - 118Kb)
Teachers explore ways of generating evidence of student learning identifying those they use often, occasionally and rarely (or never). Teachers may find some new tools to try.

Activity 2-2B Sharing Evidence of Student Learning between Teachers (PDF - 78Kb)
A focus on ways to share students’ progress between teachers.

The Assessment Toolkit describes more tools you can try.

  
Activity 2.3 Weaving Standards to create Learning Goals (PDF - 134Kb) Victorian Essential Learning Standards  

Activity 2.4A Designing Multi-Domain Assessment (PDF - 117Kb)

This activity walks teachers through the process of designing assessments that monitor progress towards deep understanding and against the Standards.

 Online Activity 2-4B Designing Better Written Tests and Quizzes (PPT - 722Kb) Sample Multi-domain assessment
Activity 2-5 Creating Rubrics (PDF - 262Kb)
Students learn better when they are clear on how their work will be judged. Rubrics are one way to make your judgements more transparent. This activity helps teachers create them.		 Rubistar Sample Rubrics
Activity 2-6 Using Data to Plan Future Learning  (PDF - 73Kb)
Teachers will draw on evidence of students' learning gained through assessment of learning to plan students’ future learning.

 

 
Activity 2-7 Assessment Actions from Module 2  (PDF - 73Kb)
This will assist in planning follow up actions for yourself and your colleagues.

 

 
Professional Reading for Module 2 (PDF - 75Kb)
This material provides additional ideas and draws together some important ideas for this module.		 Module 2 Resources
Additional web links and texts are available here to follow up the ideas in this module.