Assessment

__ Student Reflection on Learning Idea __ : What Stuck with You Today?
As an exit ticket, students reflect and post a sticky note on their way out of the room. This encourages students to reflect on their learning but is also great formative assessment data for teachers. credit: Pam Hughes

__ Assessment Resources __
[|**7 Characteristics of Better Learning Feedback**] from Teachthought.com

[|**How to Give Students Specific Feedback That Actually Helps Them Learn**] from Teachthought.com

On this page: resources for Authentic and Alternative Assessments, Assessment Tools and Rubrics
Remember, many other resources are located on the district X drive in the IB_PYP folder.

OCC resource page: [|Assessment in the PYP] contains annotated samples of assessments developed by PYP educators. You may need your OCC code to view the publication. This is a great resource for finding a variety of assessment tools and strategies for your units of inquiry. More samples will be added in the future-feel free to submit your own, as well!

__ Pre-Assessments __
developed by Colleen Mudore

[|Jon Mueller's Authentic Assessment Toolbox] Tasks, Rubrics, Examples

[|40 Alternative Assessment Ideas by Charity Preston] be sure to read the comment section for additional ideas!

Alternative Assessment-Tech: Have students create comic strips

[|Alternative Assessments for PE]

[|Creating Authentic Assessments] mini-course on creating authentic assessments from University of Albany, SUNY

__**Tools!**__
[|Have students create a Jeopardy-style game in Flippity to cover concepts and content using a technology platform.] Step-by-step instruction from Richard Byrne is easy to follow.

[|LiveBinders] Use these to help students collect web resources for projects

[|Science Project Ideas] Search by grade level.

[|Ten Digital Storytelling Projects] From Richard Byrne, Free Tech 4 Teachers

__** Rubrics! **__

[|Rubrics for Assessment] A collection of rubrics for a variety of project types and links to sites that help your create your own rubrics.

How to turn rubric scores into grades This teacher/blogger presents one way.

Website with many rubric resources [|Rubrics for Teachers]