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• Teachers assess to test educators assess to
  assist learning.
• David Carter
• Make assessment a vision worth working toward.
• Thomas Angelo
• The lasting measure of good teaching is what the
  individual student learns and carries away.
  Stanford Erickson

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Ready, Set, Grow Change When things grow, they
change. Pumpkins Trees and leaves Sunshine and
Shadows Location Pumpkin Patch Our School Yard

Garden Friends Grow With Me Curiosity Wanting
to know Ourselves Our school Location Our
School
How Does Your Garden Grow? Discovery To learn
more Investigating Water Dental
Health Nutrition Healthy Hearts Location Old
Time Foods Our School
Down-N-Dirty Caring To treat things in a kind
way. From Seed To Plant Garden Location Our
School Our Class Garden
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Types of Assessments
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You can observe a lot just by
watching. Yogi Berra 

• Observation
• through hands-on activities
• choice time
• small groups workshops
• literacy groups
• Lifelong Guidelines LIFESKILLS

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Pencil Paper Examples writing name
numbers up to 10 drawings
Assessments are not to provide numbers
but insight. Ingrid Bucher
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Interviews pre/post assessment for topic
of units of study
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Discussions through community circle
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Teaching Other Students little sprout
choice time
There are no limits to the power of the human
mind to construct new meaning
from experience. Novak and Gowin
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Surveys parents students
"Knowing how the students 'are doing' is
necessary equipment for the teacher and the
parent as well.
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Running Records clipboard post-it notes
  "Without question...students must be regarded
as the most important users of classroom
assessment results." Dr.
Richard J. Stiggins
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Compass reading mathematics ABCs
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Self Assessments Rubrics
We don't know who we are until we see
what we can do. Martha
Grimes
Am I an active listener? Name __________
Me
Eyes
Ears
Heart
Undivided Attention
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Ongoing The more opportunities you provide your
students to share what they know, the the deeper
the understanding you will gain as a teacher!
Final Thoughts
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Goal show growth over time
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Why? To help students achieve goals and
expectations.
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Key To Assessment Is Balance!
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• To teachers, students are the end products, --
  all else is a means. Hence there is but one
  interpretation of high standards in teaching
  standards are highest where the maximum number of
  students-- slow learners and fast learners
  alike-- develop to their maximal capacity.
  Joseph Seidlin