Comments on: Assessments for Learning http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2008/11/13/assessments-for-learning/ (bôr'dər-lănd') n. Located on or near a frontier. An indeterminate area or condition. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:24:44 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Networked Literacy - Will Richardson | Graham Wegner - Open Educator http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2008/11/13/assessments-for-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-119305 Networked Literacy - Will Richardson | Graham Wegner - Open Educator Sat, 21 Mar 2009 03:48:17 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/?p=810#comment-119305 [...] Writing. How many of us are teaching kids to read and write in a hypertext environment? Put up a blog post from Doug Noon showing ten or more links to other blogs, articles, pdf’s, videos etc. Also looked through [...] [...] Writing. How many of us are teaching kids to read and write in a hypertext environment? Put up a blog post from Doug Noon showing ten or more links to other blogs, articles, pdf’s, videos etc. Also looked through [...]

]]> By: Harry Martin http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2008/11/13/assessments-for-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-114534 Harry Martin Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:12:58 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/?p=810#comment-114534 It's a nice quote, but a flawed analogy. Unlike the premise of NCLB, the Apollo moon mission wasn't designed to have everyone be able to reach the moon - only a special few (which actually could be much more analogous to our education process before NCLB). Also our scientifically research based process in place by that time had shown that we should, and indeed already were, using rockets to accomplish this feat, not conventional airplanes. It’s a nice quote, but a flawed analogy. Unlike the premise of NCLB, the Apollo moon mission wasn’t designed to have everyone be able to reach the moon – only a special few (which actually could be much more analogous to our education process before NCLB). Also our scientifically research based process in place by that time had shown that we should, and indeed already were, using rockets to accomplish this feat, not conventional airplanes.

]]> By: The Prudent Classroom Weblog http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2008/11/13/assessments-for-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-112978 The Prudent Classroom Weblog Sun, 14 Dec 2008 18:16:03 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/?p=810#comment-112978 [...] a wonderful quote about NCLB by Doug Noon of Borderland : If we’d have used an NCLB-style approach to the Apollo moon mission, President Kennedy [...] [...] a wonderful quote about NCLB by Doug Noon of Borderland : If we’d have used an NCLB-style approach to the Apollo moon mission, President Kennedy [...]

]]> By: Doug Noon http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2008/11/13/assessments-for-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-112582 Doug Noon Wed, 10 Dec 2008 07:33:35 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/?p=810#comment-112582 Thanks, Sam, for the links to the additional information. I haven't had time to do much more than glance through it, but it looks promising. Thanks, Sam, for the links to the additional information. I haven’t had time to do much more than glance through it, but it looks promising.

]]> By: Sam Grumont http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2008/11/13/assessments-for-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-112373 Sam Grumont Mon, 08 Dec 2008 11:24:33 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/?p=810#comment-112373 This is good stuff. The Australian Curriculum Corporation has been producing material on formative assessment, based on Inside the black Box. The site is http://cms.curriculum.edu.au/assessment/ Also the Victorian Dept of education has been working with teachers on summative and formative assessment whihas been catergorised as Assessment of learning (summative), assessment for learning and assessment as learning (formative). Assessment for improved student learning and deep understanding requires a range of assessment practices to be used with three overarching purposes: http://www.education.vic.gov.au/studentlearning/assessment/preptoyear10/assessadvice/default.htm Assessment FOR learning - occurs when teachers use inferences about student progress to inform their teaching. Assessment AS learning - occurs when students reflect on and monitor their progress to inform their future learning goals. Assessment OF learning - occurs when teachers use evidence of student learning to make judgements on student achievement against goals and standards. Cheers, Sam This is good stuff. The Australian Curriculum Corporation has been producing material on formative assessment, based on Inside the black Box. The site is http://cms.curriculum.edu.au/assessment/

Also the Victorian Dept of education has been working with teachers on summative and formative assessment whihas been catergorised as Assessment of learning (summative), assessment for learning and assessment as learning (formative).
Assessment for improved student learning and deep understanding requires a range of assessment practices to be used with three overarching purposes:
http://www.education.vic.gov.au/studentlearning/assessment/preptoyear10/assessadvice/default.htm

Assessment FOR learning – occurs when teachers use inferences about student progress to inform their teaching.

Assessment AS learning – occurs when students reflect on and monitor their progress to inform their future learning goals.

Assessment OF learning – occurs when teachers use evidence of student learning to make judgements on student achievement against goals and standards.

Cheers, Sam

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