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What have I learned about assessment that will help me to improve student learning?

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What have I learned about assessment that will help me to improve student learning? This course helped to bridge the gaps in my understanding about assessment, and how evaluation strategies relate to the Key Concepts in the Growing Success document.   Key Concepts from Growing Success: 1) Fundamental Principles Upon studying the content of this course, I now have a better comprehension of how the achievement chart categories and curriculum expectations are connected, in order to create the success criteria and learning goals for students. One of the 7 Fundamental Principles outlines in this category of Growing Success is to ensure that the assessment meets the curriculum expectations and learning goals of students, as well as catering towards their unique learning styles. Through building the unit plan, this concept became much clearer for me, and I now know how to create a unit to organize students’ learning. I also learned that grading is not solely based o...
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Curation Link: https://elink.io/980aa91 Summaries of Resources: Policy 1: Fundamental Principles  Resource 1: “Capacity Building Series: Parent Engagement.” Ontario Ministry of Education. Oct 2012. https://bit.ly/1kVLdnt This Ontario document outlines the importance of parental engagement in the classroom. On page 2 of the Growing Success document, it is outlined that “the present document updates, clarifies, coordinates, and consolidates the various aspects of the policy, with the aim of maintaining high standards, improving student learning, and benefiting students, parents.” This resource emphasizes that parents and guardians are an integral part of a student’s education and success in the classroom. It is imperative that these resources (Growing Success, Ministry of Education documents, curriculum expectations and rubrics), be transparent to students and parents. This ensures that teachers and parents are on the same page about the educational e...
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What Do I Want To Know About Assessment?

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What do I want to know about assessment?   1) How can I provide constructive student feedback without hindering their progress, or potentially damaging their confidence in their academic ability?                                         Because the goal of assessment is to improve student learning, I would like to learn different ways that I can implement assessment strategies that are constructive to students, rather than making them feel that their work is not enough, or meeting certain expectations. Due to the amount of students that require differentiated learning, I would like to learn how I assess progress in fair ways that serve to promote learning for all students. I would like to assess their current levels of understanding, while providing feedback on how they can improve, to ensure everyone is reaching their fullest potential in the classroom. 2) How can...
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