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EXAMPLES OF CLASSROOM-BASED ASSESSMENTS

The Kentucky Frameworks document contains an extensive list of Key Teaching/Assessment Strategy Components (page 90). This list is duplicated here for reference. Strategies that are illustrated on the following pages in this chapter are listed below in italics.

I. FOUNDATION STRATEGIES

1. Activating Prior Knowledge
2. Metacognition
3. Modeling

II. COLLABORATIVE PROCESS

1. Cooperative Learning
2. Peer Or Cross-Age Tutoring
3. Reciprocal Teaching

III. COMMUNITY-BASED INSTRUCTION

1. Field Studies
2. Mentoring/Apprenticeship/Co-Op
3. Networking
4. Service Learning
5. Shadowing

IV. CONTINUOUS PROGRESS ASSESSMENT

1. Anecdotal Records
2. Checklist
3. Conferencing
4. Interviewing
5. Observation
6. Performance Events/Exhibitions
7. Portfolio Development
8. Self-Assessment/Reflection

V. GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS

1. Advance Organizers
2. Compare/Contrast Structures/Venn Diagrams/Matrices
3. Flowcharts/Sequence Chains/Timelines
4. Graphic Representations
5. KWL
6. Mapping/Webbing
7. Notetaking
8. Storyboard
9. Story Map

VI. PROBLEM-SOLVING

A. PROCESS

1. Brainstorming
2. Discussion
3. Heuristics
4. Inquiry/Investigation/

Experimentation

1. Questioning

B. PRODUCT

1. Case Studies
2. Creative Problem Solving/Future Problem Solving
3. Debate
4. Formulating Models
5. Interviews/Surveys/Polls
6. Oral History
7. Research
8. Role-Play
9. Simulations

VII. TECHNOLOGY/TOOLS

1. Adaptive Devices
2. Calculators
3. Computer Utility
4. Data Collections Tools
5. Design
6. Distance Learning/Teleconferencing
7. Games
8. Interactive Video
9. Manipulatives
10. Multimedia
11. Puppets
12. Telecommunications
13. Video/Audio Production/Videotaping

VIII. WHOLE LANGUAGE APPROACH

IX. WRITING PROCESS

ANECDOTAL RECORDS

Anecdotal records offer opportunities to document students' growth over time. On-the-spot recording provides an inexpensive, non-threatening, accessible method of gathering a range of information about not only academic development, but also social and emotional development. Regular anecdotal recordings offer glimpses of progress and patterns of behavior not necessarily captured by other means of assessment. For example, in the inclusive classroom, students willingness to ask for help can be captured on daily anecdotal records. Similarly, through the use of anecdotal recordings, attention can be given to such student attributes as paying attention, time on task, effort, and organizational skills. This information, recorded over time, can reveal areas of instruction needing attention.

Teacher Felicia Coletti suggests using a clipboard with sheets of computer labels attached to it, recording observations on them, and then affixing the labels to individual students' pages in a notebook. (Kentucky Framework, p. 99)

CHECKLISTS

Checklists offer ways to gather an array of information on a large group of students in an efficient manner. For example, the Essential Skills for Social Studies (in Chapter 3 of this document) lists "Technical Skills Unique to Electronic Devices" as one of the major skill areas under Acquiring Information. Assessing for such skills can be accomplished through the use of a checklist such as the following.

COMPETENCIES			STUDENTS
GENERAL	BREAKDOWN	#	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Word Processing	Keyboarding
	Writing Process
	File Management: Opening, new, saving, printing
	Editing: cut/copy, paste, spellcheck, thesaurus, find/replace
	Format: margins, justifications, font/points, styles, header/footer
Spreadsheets	File management
	Spreadsheet design
	Entering data types: text, numbers
	Formulas and functions
	Formatting: borders, shading
	Charting information
	Merging chart with spreadsheet data
Desktop Publishing	File management
	Placing items
	Manipulating text and graphics
	Formatting: template pages, columns, graphics, header/footers
Telecommunications	Identify types, defines purposes
	Data transfer
	Hardware and software requirements
	E-Mail: send and receive, upload/download
	File transfer
Database	File management
	Data base structure
	Design and enter data
	Data manipulation

Graphic/Paint	File management: file types
	Define differences between draw/paint
	Tools/scanning
Multimedia	File management
	Define button object
	Define graphic object
	Define field objects
	Basic scripting: gotos, visual effects
	Project design
	Importing: pictures (scanned), video
	Advanced scripting: animation, calculated fields
Hardware	Define different types of cpus
	Define different types of monitors
	Define different types of printers
	Define misc.: RAM, storage memory, scanners, digital cameras, and other evolving hardware

Source: Sitka High School and Mt. Edgecumbe High School, Sitka.