Program evaluation

The need for improved forms of assessment in high school classrooms that better prepare students for end of year tests, such as the ACT and End of Course Assessment, has encouraged many districts and educators to adopt standards-based grading systems in their classrooms. Standards-based grading is designed to help students and teachers focus on specific content in a way that helps students demonstrate mastery of specific concepts. Standards based grading on a report card appears as a numerical…

For driving my “Differentiating for Student Success” focus the specific CSTP element and specific standard element that I will use is Standard 1: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning under the specific standard element of 1.1 Using knowledge of students to engage them in learning; and Standard 5 Assessing Students for Learning under the specific standard element 5.4 Using assessment data to establish learning goals and to plan, differentiate, and modify instruction. List your…

of my life without letting one of the other areas slip. This is a constant, uphill battle. In the end, I can only pick a direction and follow the path until it dead-ends and then pick a new direction. From what I have learned in Measurements and Evaluations, assessment is also a balancing act. Each type of assessment has its own pros and cons, but every type also has a purpose. As an educator, I believe that to truly test students fairly on their learning, the tests given must be as diverse and…

To check my students understanding of the content that I presented in my lesson plan I used a formative assessment, an authentic assessment, a formal assessment, and a summative assessment. The formative assessment that I used to asses my students’ knowledge was the individual whiteboards that I used during my whole group instruction. These allowed me to easily and quickly see immediate information on whether or not my students were understanding the content I was presenting. I noticed during…

Which specific CSTP element will drive your Fostering Equity Through Social and Emotional Learning focus? List the specific standard element. For driving my “Enhancing Joy in Teaching and Learning” focus the specific CSTP element and specific standard element that I will use is Standard 1: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning under the specific standard element of 1.1 Using knowledge of students to engage List your current developmental level of your chosen CSTP. Level 4…

This research focuses on the use of self-assessment strategies and investigates the question, “Can Student Self-Assessment Strategies Create Higher Achievement Gains?” Introduction In order to answer the first question, What is the effect of self-assessment/progress monitoring strategies on student achievement based upon end-of unit assessments?, a pre-test, post-test, and formative assessment data were collected from sixty sixth grade science students over an eight week period. To answer…

Each Unit is composed by two lessons and each Lesson is formed by General Lesson Objective and Enabling Objectives. The design of the Units are made in an escalated form starting with the familiarization of the learner will ethical concepts related to the field of medicine, and later on progressing through the units to more complicated subjects, such as Tort Law, Confidentiality, Abortion, Cloning. A challenging portion into any educational experience is to select a method of assessment that…

Formative Assessment Using Technology in the Math Classroom Monique Chatman University of St. Thomas Research Professor: Sonia Vasan, Ph. D. September, 2012 Chapter 1 Introduction Today’s school system is in transition. Some of the changes are due to economic pressures and a need for graduates who can function in society as good citizens (Franklin & Peat, 2002). The demand for students to perform well on standardized tests is another reason for the shift. Technology has been used in…

Niagara. At the King St. location, they offer a number of programs such as: the PAC program which goes to any house that is experiencing conflict and tries to mediate and teach parents to help the children solve their crisis. They have the REACH which goes to elementary schools to help rehabilitate bullies. Bridge Transitions helps with many situations that deal with clients and the school system. They are between the ages of 12 and 20. In this program, they offer a classroom setting at the King…

to the state in order to ensure a peaceful and safe community. (Thomas Hobbes: social contract, 2002) One of those rights transferred is the right to privacy as citizens who complete and are approved for gun ownership must surrender their mental evaluation to the local police department. In order to own a gun, Japanese citizens are willing to offer up their most private medical information to citizens who haven’t taken an oath of secrecy. This is the essence of what Hobbes envisioned with the…