Assignment Sheet ECI 465

							Fall 2008
               Revised 10/28Assignment Sheet ECI 465 subject to change
Week         Due Date                   Assignment                                   Points
   1        Thurs. 8/28    Read chapter 1: Stiggins “Classroom Assessment…”
                           Watch Alfie Kohn film in cline Library Media center
   2        Tues. 9/2      Insight #1                                                _____/15
            Thurs. 9/4     Read Cultural Damage on Web Site, Posner “Teaching to
                           the Test” on web site Insight #2                          _____/15
   3        Tues. 9/9      Read Bratlinger “…who Benefits and High Stakes
                           Testing” Insight #3                                       _____15

            Thurs. 9/11    Big Debate
   4        Tues. 9/16     Chapter 2: Stiggins “Why we Assess”, Kozol “High
                           stakes Tests”

            Thurs. 9/18    Chapter 3: Stiggins “Learning Targets”                    _____/15
                           Poetter, “The Zoo Trip” Insight #4
   5        Tues. 9/23     Bring Standards for your content area to class
                           Chapter 4: Stiggins “Designing Methods”

            Thurs. 9/25    Describe your unit paragraph
   6        Tues. 9/30     Elaine Watkins presents examples of creative assessment

            Thurs. 10/2        I.     Unit Description                               _____/20
                           Bring enduring understandings for your unit
   7        Tues. 10/7         II.    Unit Goals/Standards/Essential                 _____/30

            Thurs. 10/9        III.     Assessments for objectives and Pre           _____/20
                                        assessments
   8        Tues. 10/14    Chapter 5:Stiggins “Selected Response” Chapter 6
                           “Essay”
            Thurs. 10/16   Chapter 7 “Performance, Chapter 8 “Personal comm.””
   9        Tues. 10/21    Prepare for Parent Teacher conferences



            Thurs. 10/23   Teacher conferences Mid term
  10        Tues. 10/28    Chapter 9

            Thurs. 10/30   Chapter 12 Turn in mid term                               _____/50
  11        Tues. 11/4     “Fighting the Tests” Kohn
                           Insight #5                                                _____/15

            Thurs. 11/6    IV. Formative Assessment                                  _____/15
                           V. Reteaching Strategies                                  _____/10
                           Philosophy of Assessment Discussion
  12        Tues. 11/11    No class

            Thurs. 11/13   Philosophy of Assessment paper due                        _____/50
  13        Tues 11/18     VI. Formal Assessments                                     ____/30
                           “Borderlands and Crossroads” Lightfoot Insight #6          ____/15
            Thurs. 11/20   VII. Addressing diversity and bias                        _____/25
  14        Tues. 11/25    Practice Unit due and loaded onto Taskstream
            Thurs. 11/27   No class
  15        Tues. 12/2     Movie Presentations Part I                                ____/20
            Thurs. 12/4    Movie Presentations Part I
  17        Tues. 12/9     Final Movie Presentations Part II                         _____/30
Fall 2008
            Participation _____/150   Total   _____/540