- The little assessments "along the way", both summative and formative, give immediate and practical feedback to the student. Journaling, conferencing, anecdotal note taking, questioning, peer-feedback, are just some of the student centered activities that lead to higher levels of thinking and a quality final product.
- Specific checklists give students a way to organize their project and know exactly what componets are necessary, along with the order of tasks. Adherence to the checklist is an assessment in of itself.
- The fine art of rubric writing should never be underestimated. Students should know exactly what success looks like. If you are not going to show a successful work sample, the rubric must give the student a clear path to success.
Assessment is all about the student, not the teacher.
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Excellent point regarding the use of the checklist. It IS an assessment and it is a tool that is of value to teacher and student. You are so correct - we often lose focus on the point that the assessment is about the student not the teacher.
I strongly recommend the professional resource - Assessing Learning: Librarians and Teachers as Partners by Violet H. Harada and Joan M. Yoshina. It's published by Libraries Unlimited, and it is packed full of assessment strategies for library media specialists at all grade levels.
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