Assessment Practices in InTech

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Assessment Practicesin InTech
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Assessment Reform

• Movement towards emphasizing the use of
  performance assessment to support systemic,
  state-, district-, or school-wide purposes.
• Lesson Plans must include Performance Objectives
• Performance Objectives
• Often called authentic assessment.

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Performance Assessment

• Guides changes in instruction and curriculum
• Monitors student achievement toward desired
  outcomes
• Holds educators accountable
• Certifies student capabilities

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Assumption

• The use of performance assessments will result in
  better teaching and learning processes and
  enhanced student achievement.

Office of Educational Research and Improvement,
April 1997
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InTech Performance Assessment

• Journal Reflections
• Email Responses
• Reflections in the New Ideas Database
• Construction of Technology-Connected Lessons
  (with performance objectives included)
• InTech Teacher Questionnaire - Pre/Post
  Assessment
• Brain Checks
• Trainer Observations

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Journal Reflections

• Individual Reflection
• Small Group Sharing
• Whole Group Sharing
• Affirm Successes
• Vent Frustrations
• Exchange Ideas
• Identify Shifts in Teaching and Learning
  Process
• Identify Changes in Efficacy Beliefs

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Daily Journal Writing Topics

• Day 1 - Why am I here?
• Day 2 - What have I done so far?
• Day 3 - How can I deny the power?
• Day 4 - How can I defend traditional practice?
• Day 5 - How have my beliefs changed?
• Day 6 - How has my instruction changed?
• Day 7 - How have I changed professionally?

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Email Responses

• Directed Reflection
• Individual Communication with Instructors
• How are things going?
• Grouping students
• Managing a classroom in motion
• Planning Technology-Connected Lessons
• Implementing Cooperative Learning
• Assessing student learning
• Rearranging classroom design

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New Ideas Database

• The New Ideas Database encourages Personal
  Reactions to Professional Journal Articles and
  other topics.
• Establishes relevance of Journal Article
  principles and ideas to individuals and to
  classrooms
• Models classroom management strategies
• Allows the teacher to learn by doing

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Technology-Connected Lessons

• Four Technology-Connected Lessons vs. a Test!
• Builds technology integration skills sequentially
• Improves and extends integration skills
  throughout the training period
• Ensures transfer of practice to the classroom
• Student Self Assessment Rubric/Teacher Assessment
  Rubric - Lesson Plan 4 - Assessment Rubrics
• One Group Presentation - Triboard or Electronic
  Portfolio
• Builds teamwork
• Shares best ideas
• Each-One Teach-One

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InTech Assess Online

• Assess Online-Diagnostic (Day One)
• Heightens awareness of individual skill needs
• Assess Online-Post (Day Seven)
• Allows participant to assess personal growth
• Allows for group data collection to assess the
  impact of the training

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Brain Checks

• Measures retention of content information
• Provides opportunity to process content
  information using language
• Allows for Each-One Teach-One
• Allows for peer tutoring
• Offers a chance to re-teach content information

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Instructor Observations

• Growth in technical skills
• Comfort with applications and hardware
• Success with technology-connected lessons
• Collaboration with peers and team
• Increased use of classroom technologies
• Increased interest in curriculum software
• Expanded technical vocabulary

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Redelivery Challenge Assessment

• Journal Reflections
• Email Responses
• Reflections in the New Ideas Database
• Construction of Technology-Connected Lessons
  (with performance objectives included)
• Assess Online
• Brain Checks
• Trainer Observations

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Speaking of Assessment

• Please complete the On-site Redelivery Training
  Assessment and bring it with you to Day 2!
• You may download it from the Redelivery Forms Web
  page on the InTech Redelivery Web site or locate
  it on your InTech Redelivery CD.

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How will you be assessed?

• Check out the InTech Course Evaluation to see
  ahead of time how the participants will evaluate
  you as a trainer!