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Planning Student-Centered Assessment: Assessment plays an important role throughout project-based units. In this module, you explore a variety of assessment strategies that guide student learning and inform your teaching. You also begin thinking about assessment in your unit and create a draft Assessment Plan.

[] - These files are also available on the Using Assessments CD

Assessment Resources on the Web

www.nwrel.org/assessment/toolkit98.php A collection of readings and activities to be used for professional development in improving assessment
 * Assessment Toolkit **

www.ericdigests.org/2003-3/concept.htm A brief overview of the research on formative assessment
 * The Concept of Formative Assessment **

www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/content/cntareas/science/sc700.htm A research-based exploration of how different kinds of assessment can improve student achievement
 * Critical Issue: Multiple Dimensions of Assessment That Support **
 * Student Progress in Science and Mathematics **

www.usm.maine.edu/cepare/pdf/meg/meg07.pdf link doesn't work try this one [] Examination of the effects of using holistic rubrics
 * Does the Use of Holistic Rubrics Affect Student Performance in Reading and Writing? **

[] Article by Rick Stiggins arguing that effective classroom assessment must support high-stakes testing
 * New Assessment Beliefs for a New School Mission **

http://pareonline.net A peer-reviewed journal that addresses issues of assessment
 * Practical Assessment Research and Evaluation **

www.pz.harvard.edu/Research/RubricSelf.htm Research focused on the effect of instructional rubrics and rubric-referenced on self-assessment on the development of 7th and 8th grade students' writing skills and their understandings of the qualities of good writing Module 4 Summary
 * Rubrics and Self-Assessment Project **

Module 4 Key Points covered in class: • An assessment plan outlines methods and tools that define clear expectations and standards for quality in products and performances, as well as providing project monitoring checkpoints and methods. The plan should involve students in reviewing and managing their learning progress during the project. • Assessment strategies, purposes, and tools can be organized into five categories: • Strategies for gauging student needs • Strategies for encouraging self-direction and collaboration • Strategies for monitoring progress • Strategies for checking for understanding and encouraging metacognition • Strategies for demonstrating understanding and skill

Accomplishments completed in class: • Explored a variety of assessment strategies and scenarios • Evaluated evidence to help me decide what assessment methods I may want to include in my unit’s Assessment Plan • Created a draft Assessment Timeline for my unit