Shares assessment information appropriately with families, colleagues and students
I think that it is very important that both students and families are given an opportunity to understand and discuss assessment results. With families, this often can take place in a impersonal way by simply mailing home test scores. I think that families often are left with many questions when this happens, and it is much better for them to discuss the assessment results throughout the year, instead of simply at moments when standardized test scores are released. I communicate students' assessment results regularly through sending home their rubrics and tests. When students complete a math assessment, they take it home with the rubric attached which indicated each strand in which the students were assessed and exactly where the students fall on the four point continuum for that strand. I also communicated assessment data with parents during meetings, including parent teacher conferences. I had very positive feedback from parents about the way that I presented information to them during conferences and that they left feeling like they understood exactly where their child was in their progression toward third grade standards. Assessment data was also shared with colleagues, especially on the SEN team during weekly discussion meetings and monthly SEN meetings. Students also received feedback about their assessments. After each assessment, students were able to look over their work alone, then ask questions as we went over the assessments as a class. They also received a copy of the rubric, usually one that they received before the project began and again after their work was assessed.
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| Email from a parent |
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| Students get feedback on their scores for projects. The feedback usually includes something they did well, and something that they could improve on. |
