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Description
Learn to use classroom assessments to inform instruction, including diagnostic, formative, summative, and interim assessments. For each assessment, acquire insights into its purpose and how it adjusts instruction to meet students' needs. Explore methods for communicating assessment results to students, teachers, and Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) effectively.
Learning Objectives
The objectives for this course are the FEAPs.
- 1b. Sequence lessons and concepts to ensure coherence and required prior knowledge
- 1c. Design instruction for students to achieve mastery
- 1d. Select appropriate formative assessments to monitor learning
- 1e. Use diagnostic student data to plan lessons
- 1f. Develop learning experiences that require students to demonstrate a variety of applicable skills and competencies
- 2g. Integrate current information and communication technologies
- 3c. Identify gaps in students subject matter knowledge
- 3d. Modify instruction to respond to preconceptions or misconceptions
- 3h. Differentiate instruction based on an assessment of student learning needs and recognition of individual differences in students
- 3i. Support, encourage, and provide immediate and specific feedback to students to promote student achievement
- 3j. Utilize student feedback to monitor instructional needs and adjust instruction
- 4a. Analyze and apply data from multiple assessments and measures to diagnose students learning needs, inform instruction based on those needs and drive the learning process
- 4b. Design and align formative and summative assessments that match learning objectives and lead to mastery
- 4c. Use a variety of assessment tools to monitor student progress, achievement, and learning gains
- 4d. Modify assessments and testing conditions to accommodate learning styles and varying levels of knowledge
- 4e. Share the importance and outcomes of student assessment data with the ;student and the student's parent/caregiver(s)
- 4f. Apply technology to organize and integrate assessment information
- 5b. Examine and use data-informed research to improve instruction and student achievement
- 5c. Use a variety of data independently, and in collaboration with colleagues, to evaluate learning outcomes, adjust planning, and continuously improve the effectiveness of the lessons
- 5d. Collaborate with the home, school, and larger communities to foster communication and support student learning and continuous improvement
Documentation Methods
Participants must document their learning by completing the following summative.
3 Reflections - Learner synthesizes previous knowledge and course content in
order to develop a narrative response.
The summative must meet 80% of the established criteria.
Course Last Updated: 2025