Leadership for Professional Learning Communities
Effective Practices in Student-Center Classroom Assessment
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1. Assessment is ongoing and provides meaningful feedback on progress and direction for improvement 2. The student is the key user and has responsibility with guidance from teachers, for selecting among a variety of assessment strategies 3. Students, with support, have responsibility for tracking and recording progress towards learning targets (grading, record-keeping) 4. Students take responsibility for communicating progress (portfolios, conferences, report cards, newsletters, celebrations of learning) 5. A variety of assessment strategies are used based on the type of target being learned 6. Performance standards are established to help students differentiate among different levels of quality (rubrics, checklists, models) 7. Assessment strategies can be linked to student learning preferences 8. Students and teachers welcome assessment information and use it to guide instruction for future success 9. Students and teachers understand that not every assessment is used to calculate grades 10. An early struggle to learn is not interpreted by teachers and students as failure We’re there
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We’re not there but we’re close
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A few of us are there
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We’re not even close