WCLN - Assessment in Elementary and Middle-School Programs?

Member Priorities?

Now that we are getting caught up with curriculum changes, let's consider what we could do to help with the new assessment movements in elementary and middle-school. Let us know your thoughts and we'll see if there's any kind of consensus among the membership that we can act on.

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* 1. District #

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* 2. Our formal report cards for elementary and middle-school students will mainly be done using:

MyEDBC

SMS

Custom (Word Documents)

Other (please specify)

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* 3. If you are using a custom document for formal reporting, would it be helpful for WCLN.ca to produce a list of "I can" statements that align with the course layouts?

Yes, this would be very useful.

No, not useful to us.

We've already done a bit of this (and would be willing to share). Note that the course layouts will be different in many courses this year (significant updates), but alignments with old versions might still save some time.

Other (please specify)

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* 4. How many categories do you use for your proficiency levels?

3 (eg. emerging, developing, applying)

4 (eg. emerging, developing, applying, extending)

5 (eg. emerging, acquiring, developing, applying, extending)

Other (please specify)

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* 5. How much do you take advantage of the Inquiry Projects to expand assessment options? (note that the 2019 versions of courses will have many more projects and will automatically add new ones, as they are available).

Teachers/students in our program regularly use the Inquiry Projects.

Teachers/students in our program don't use the Inquiry Projects.

What are Inquiry Projects (we have an old version of the courses)?

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* 6. Do you run a synchronous program that will be able to take advantage of the new Group Activities to expand assessment options? (note that the 2019 versions of courses will have activities and will automatically add new ones, as they are available).

Teachers/students in our program could regularly use Group Activities.

Due to our format, Group Activities aren't really going to suit us.

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* 7. How much do you take advantage of the Learning Guides to expand assessment options?

We count Learning Guides as a significant part of the assessment tools.

We count Learning Guides as a minor part of the assessment tools.

We don't use Learning Guides as part of the assessment tools.

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* 8. Our preference as far as Learning Guide format:

We like the format of one Learning Guide per unit (at the end of the unit).

We ask students to submit the learning guide in smaller pieces (eg. submit pages 1-3 at this point in the course).

Other (please specify)

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* 9. How much do you take advantage of the quizzes and/or tests as part of the assessment tools?

Quizzes and tests are a major part of assessment (both formative and summative).

Quizzes and tests are of less focus, but still a useful tool for formative assessment.

We feel that quizzes and tests are NOT currently useful as assessment tools.

Other (please specify)

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* 10. Based on the feedback from this survey (and other discussions), WCLN may find it useful to put together a committee to further discuss assessment tools, options, and reporting. If you'd like to be a part of any potential group discussion around this, please include your email address below. Also, if you have material/ideas to share and improve courses, please note below and/or post in the respective discussion forum. The best long-term resources will be a result of strategic collaboration.