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EDUC 642: Pre-class assignment Part ONE #1

Assignment Objective: The student will be able to (TSWBAT)
use the windshield pre-assessment metaphor to identify his/her
understanding of assessment terms.
DIRECTIONS: Use the one word descriptor from the windshield
metaphor (clear I understand it and can explain it to others,
buggy I think I kind of get it, muddy cant see it at all and
my limited understanding may cause an accident) to describe
your knowledge of the following topics:

term

descript
or
Achievement test buggy
Anchoring
muddy
activity
Aptitude test
buggy
Anecdotal data
buggy
Authentic
muddy
assessment
Baseline data
clear
Criterion
clear
referenced
Entrance cards
clear
EPR (every pupil
muddy
responds)

term
Learning log
Norm referenced

descript
or
buggy
clear

Percentile
Project based
Reliability

clear
muddy
clear

Response groups
Rubric

buggy
clear

Running record
clear
Standard deviation clear

Exit ticket
Graphic
organizer
Indicator
KWL
Learning contract

clear
clear
muddy
clear
muddy

Standardized test
Summative
assessment
Think aloud
Validity
Feel free to add a
few more terms!

clear
clear
clear
clear

EDUC 642: Pre-class assignment Part ONE #2

Assignment Objective: The student will be able to (TSWBAT)

articulate his/her views on the purpose of assessments.

Type a one paragraph response to this quote and

graphic:

Too often educational grades and report cards are

treated by teachers as autopsies when they should
be viewed as physicals. (Reeves, 2000)
I feel this quote and graphic shows a
message, that one too many times grades
are treated as a set in stone type deal. They
are treated in a way that improvement isnt
capable, when indeed it really is. I also feel
that grades vary based on the teacher, just
as autopsies can vary based on the doctor
who is giving the autopsy. I see the F on
the dead body as a reflection that once you
fail, that is it and there is no rebuilding or
fixing. The same is true with death, once you
are dead, you cannot rebuild. I also see it as
that teachers dont take their students
responses and grades and make changes to
their teachings, they just keep doing what
they are and what they were taught to do by
coaches, teachers, mentors, etc. It shows
that grades are a done deal and nothing can
be changed or added to improve a grade.
This isnt the way educational grades and
report cards should be treated.

EDUC 642: Pre-class assignment Part ONE #3

Assignment Objective: TSWBAT state his/her goals for the
course.

When I complete this course the 3 things about

assessment that I hope to know more about and/or be
better at implementing are :
1. How to create a learning contract and implement it
throughout the year, not just at the beginning and
end of the year.
2. What it really means for every pupil to respond and
how to make implement in into class daily.
3. Short and to the point exit tickets that are easy to
assess and put students into groups together at a
later class meeting.