QUALITY ASSESSMENT IN SD23

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QUALITY ASSESSMENTIN SD23
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STEERING COMMITTEE

• COTA
• Tom Potts, Karen Bernath
• Teachers-
• Jim Strachan, Alice Rees, Lorraine Baron,
  Lindsay Gibson, Brenda Bell, Sheila Graham
• School Admin
• Susannah Brown, Scott McLean, John Grodzki,
  Rhonda Ovelson, Hugh Alexander, Rob Tucker
• District Staff
• Hugh Gloster, Jon Rever

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RATIONALE

• Why did SD 23 get involved in Quality Assessment?
• Is it the flavor of the month or just one more
  thing?

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QUALITY ASSESSMENT

• SHARED VISION
• Quality Assessment is the teaching practice that
  ensures greater understanding by placing students
  at the heart of their own learning.

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QUALITY ASSESSMENT

• INDICATORS OF STUDENT INVOLVEMENT
• Students are able to articulate the learning
  destination and understand what success looks
  like.
• Students have access to samples that show quality
  work.
• Students are able to describe what evidence of
  learning might look like (meeting or exceeding
  standards).
• Students set criteria with teachers to define
  quality.

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QUALITY ASSESSMENT

• INDICATORS OF STUDENT INVOLVEMENT
• Students have time to learn.
• Students receive and give themselves specific,
  descriptive feedback as they learn.
• Students debrief their learning with their peers
  and others and get feedback for learning.
• Students use feedback and self-assess to set
  goals for future learning.
• Students revisit and reset the criteria as they
  learn more.

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QUALITY ASSESSMENT

• INDICATORS OF STUDENT INVOLVEMENT
• Students collect evidence of their own learning.
• Students present evidence of learning to others
  and receive feedback.
• Students are authentically engaged in the
  learning/assessment process.
• Making Classroom Assessment Work Anne Davies
  and Leading the Way by Anne Davies et al.