Nancy P. Gallavan

Developing Performance-Based Assessments, Grades 6-12

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Produktbeschreibung

This book guides educators through an assessment process that is fully integrated with the daily curriculum and designed to significantly improve student performance.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Corwin
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Dezember 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 463g
• ISBN-13: 9781412969819
• ISBN-10: 1412969816
• Artikelnr.: 25053502

Autorenporträt

Nancy P. Gallavan is professor of teacher education in the MAT program at the University of Central Arkansas. She worked as an elementary and middle school teacher in the St. Vrain Valley and Cherry Creek School Districts of Colorado for twenty years while earning her master's degree from the University of Colorado and her PhD from the University of Denver. Prior to her current position, she was an associate professor of teacher education specializing in social studies and multicultural education at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Gallavan has authored more than sixty publications, including books, chapters, and articles in professional education journals. Her books include Secrets to Success for Elementary School Teachers (2007) and Secrets to Success for Social Studies Teachers (2008) with Ellen Kottler and What Principals Need to Know About Teaching Social Studies (2003). She is active in the American Educational Research Association (AERA), the Association of Teacher Educators (ATE), the National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME), and the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
About the Author
Introduction
1. Examining the Many Purposes of Assessment
Demystify Performance-Based Assessments
Understand the Six Components of Assessment
Picture the Continuous Flow of Assessment
Know the Reasons for Selecting Your Assessments...
Extend With Questions and Activities
2. Planning Assessments to Promote Understanding
Use Formal and Informal Assessments
Become a Data-Driven Teacher
Understand Assessment Principles and Practices
Watch for Common Errors in Assessing
Visualize the Overall Process...
Extend With Questions and Activities
3. Collecting Baseline Data for Preassessments
Set Three Goals to Guide Your Preassessments
Question Each of the Six Components of Assessment
Keep Anecdotal Records
Follow These Guidelines as You Preassess
Realize That Assessment Is a Continuous Process...
Extend With Questions and Activities
4. Aligning Appropriate Formative Assessments
Consider the Six Components of Assessment
Design Your Curriculum
Align Assessments With Curriculum and Instruction
Explore Cognition Via Patterns of Thought
Plan With Competence and Confidence...
Extend With Questions and Activities
5. Incorporating Learning, Assigning Instruction Followed by Feedback and
Correction
Assign Your Instruction and Activities
Employ Multiple Instructional Strategies
Consider These Assessment Recommendations
Include All Kinds of Questions With Your Formative Assessments
Optimize the Feedback
Involve Your Learners in the Process
Have Fun With Formative Assessments...
Extend With Questions and Activities
6. Administering Summative Assessments
Connect to the Goals and Components of Assessment
Create Your Summative Assessments
Prepare Learners for Summative Assessments
Set Your Sights on the Five As
Continue the Assessment Cycle...
Extend With Questions and Activities
7. Identifying What to Assess: Inviting the Five Types of Inquiry and
Information
Introduce the Five Types of Inquiry
Balance Three Conditions With Five Types of Inquiry
Delve Into Responses
Enhance Variety in Your Inquiries
Include All Types of Thinking, Acting, and Feeling...
Extend With Questions and Activities
8. Analyzing How to Assess: Applying the Five Forms of Appraisal and
Authentication
Analyze the Five Forms of Appraisal and Authentication
Implement Assessments Purposefully
Develop Appraisals to Showcase Learning...
Extend With Questions and Activities
9. Creating Assessment Templates and Rubrics
Construct the Assessment Template
Build Rubrics
Let Your Templates and Rubrics Do the Work for You...
Extend With Questions and Activities
10. Conducting Evaluation and Accountability
Evaluate Accomplishments
Account for Progress
Concentrate on Your Effectiveness
Develop a Performance-Based Assessment Mind-Set...
Extend With Questions and Activities
References and Readings
Index