Practical Strategies for Authentic Assessment for English/Language Arts
An aligned standards-based curriculum includes a strong match between the standards of the unit being taught, the assessment tools, and the instructional strategies. Assessments provide evidence of what students know and are able to do while instructional strategies provide the means and opportunities required to impact learning. Without clear alignment between instructional strategies and assessment, both student motivation and learning can be compromised.
Using the backward design process, the two-day AERO ELA Common Core Plus Pre-conference Workshop will provide participants the opportunity to create authentic assessments that will provide students with the opportunities to demonstrate achievement of clearly communicated learning outcomes.
In addition, the workshop will provide participants the opportunity to:
- Review and unpack AERO Common Core English/Language Arts Standards.
- Review performance assessment, including purpose and use of formative and summative assessment.
- Identify and apply appropriate Depth of Knowledge levels to the assessments.
- Using identified standards, develop rigorous assessments that focus on student learning and provide information about the learning to the teacher and the student.
Participants will learn the steps to create authentic assessments that inform instruction and effect student learning.
Advance Preparation/Prerequisites: Enrollment is limited to participants from NESA schools that have already adopted the AERO standards. Please bring your laptop to this workshop.
Target Audience: English/Language Arts teachers.
Continuum Level: 2
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