October 07th, 2020

Webinar #4 Administering Quality Classroom Assessments

Webinar four thoroughly explains how to administer quality classroom assessments in a standards-based environment, and how to subsequently figure student grades. We present types of assessments and different scoring methods, as well as strategies for calculating summative scores using proficiency scales and dealing with unusual patterns of performance.

Please use the link below and enter the password to access the webinar.
Link: https://vimeo.com/446323146
Password: JeffCoMR

1. How are the ideas about assessment in this webinar different from the philosophies that shaped your assessment experiences as a student?
2. Reflect on the variety of assessments you use in your classroom.  Which of the three types (obtrusive, unobtrusive, and student-generated) do you use often?  Which type might you want to plan for more intentionally?
3. Which element of assessment development (fairness, validity, reliability) do you  and your team want to focus on as you analyze the tests that you already have available?
4. In what ways is finding a final score under standards based grading different or the same as processes you have used in the past for figuring a final grade?
5. What do you believe about:
   1. the purpose of assessment?  the purpose of grading?
   2. the influence student behaviors should have on students’ grades?
   3. the impact late and missing assignments should have on students’ grades?
   4. giving students the opportunity to re-do assignments?  assessments?

*Clock Hours- if you would like to earn 7 clock hours a google form will be available with the final of the 6 webinars you will need to complete a brief reflection and acknowledge having viewed all 6 webinars in the series to receive the clock hours*

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