Our Principal Think Tank mapped big ideas about assessment, and also generated lists of questions and puzzles about it from their perspective of school leaders.
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ASSESSMENT: WHAT DO THE EXPERTS SAY? PLAY THE SLIDESHOW TO SEE.RE-THINKING ASSESSMENT: A reading to promote a critical stance about assessment is, "Rethinking Assessment in Education", Bill Lucas, 2021. Below is a short reading with extracts from the article, and the article in full. Download here
IS IT FAIR? Do all students have the required background knowledge to enable a fair assessment? This study of NAPLAN results when questions were made more culturally relevant gives pause for thought. Download here. There are lots of other readings to explore on equitable assessment on the Assessment Network website.
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MEASURING WHAT WE VALUE
Using the ideas from the workshops by Professor Jim Tognolini, Measuring What We Value, the staff of Granville East PS developed an assessment rubric for "deep thinking". They have trialled its use to add value to their assessment suite measuring_what_we_value_session_2.pdf
GRADING/ REPORTINGWhat does research tell us about grading for reporting? What would best practice look like? "Grading in a Comprehensive and Balanced Assessment System" is great paper by world renowned experts, Wiliam, Brookhart, Guskey and McTighe. Download the paper here: grading__wiliam_brookhart_et_al.pdf
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EXPLORING OUR ASSESSMENT DILEMMAS
To shed light on our dilemmas we could gather data to understand the multiple perspectives our school community has on it. The first document consists of extracts from "Street Data: A Next-Generation Model for Equity, Pedagogy and School Transformation. Download here. Listening is a key skill as we gather our street data. Some guiding thoughts in the TMI summary of Better Listener. Finally, making change to our assessment practices is not about adding more. What can you Tidy or Toss?
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