Assessment
Plan
Carmenitha
Berry
EDU645:
Learning & Assessment for the 21st Century
Ashford
University
Instructor: Dale Kimball
July
9, 2012
Purpose
of Assessment Plan:
The
purpose of this assessment plan is to make sure the 5th grade
science students have learned various types of natural disasters, their
spellings, and meanings. The students are expected to spell and know the
vocabulary words by the end of the week. The students will also have to write a
sentence with each word.
Learning
Outcome That Supports the purpose:
1) The
students learning outcome will be to spell 10 vocabulary words. The words
are lighting, tsunamis, flood, volcano, tornado, mudslide, blizzard,
thunderstorm, hurricane, and earthquake.
2) Know
the meaning of all 10 words.
3) Write
a sentence using each word in its correct context.
Assessment
Task:
To
make sure the vocabulary definitions are understood, the students will be asked
to number their papers 1-10 (skipping a line in between each number). I will
then call out a vocabulary word and ask them to write a complete sentence using
the vocabulary word. For example, use the word tornado in a sentence and make
sure it is being used in its proper context. This assessment will make sure
that they understand the word and can spell it correctly. To make sure they
know the definitions of the vocabulary words, on the opposite side of the paper
I will ask them to number their paper 1-10. Then, I will call out the meaning
of the words and ask the student to give the vocabulary word that matches it.
This rubric “specifies the criteria to be assessed at each performance level and provides a separate score for each criterion.
•Advantages: provides more detailed feedback on student performance; scoring more consistent across students and raters.
•Disadvantages: more time consuming than applying a holistic rubric
•Use when:
Ø You want to see strengths and weaknesses.
Ø You want detailed feedback about student performance” (University of Hawaii Manoa, 2011) .
Rubric
for 5th grade Science class
NAME:
DATE:
Excellent 4
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Good 3
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Fair 2
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Poor 1
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Student can spell all vocabulary words correctly.
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Student spelled all 10 vocabulary words correctly
on written test.
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Student misspelled 1 word on written test.
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Student misspelled 2 words on written test.
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Student misspelled 3 or more words on written test.
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Understands the definitions of the vocabulary words.
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Student showed knowledge of all words through written
definitions.
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Student showed knowledge of some words, but failed to define 1 word correctly.
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Student showed knowledge of some words, but failed to define 2 words correctly.
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Student showed knowledge of a few words, but failed to define 3 or
more words correctly.
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Can write vocabulary words in a sentence where definitions are
understood.
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Student showed knowledge of all vocabulary words through
sentence context. Sentences were detailed and thorough.
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Student showed some knowledge of vocabulary words
through sentence context.
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Student showed knowledge of a few vocabulary words, but
sentences were not detailed enough.
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Student showed no knowledge of vocabulary words.
Sentences were not thorough or detailed.
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Testing
Constraints:
The
test constraint that I will impose on the test is Students will learn in
advance what information is on the test during the course of study. Students
will be given 30minutes before the test to review and to ask the teacher any
questions.
Reference
(2011). Retrieved July 09, 2012, from University of
Hawaii Manoa: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/
