Assessment Literacy

Information 

What is Classroom Assessment Literacy?
The knowledge and skills needed to
  • gather accurate information about student achievement
  • use the assessment process and its results effectively to improve achievement
 
What are the components of Classroom Assessment Literacy?
Accuracy:
  • Balanced Formative & Summative Assessment
  • Clear Targets
  • Test Item & Task Development
  • Development of Scoring Guides
Effective Use
  • Tracking Results & Grading
  • Self-assessment & Goal Setting
  • Descriptive Feedback
  • Instructional Planning w/Results
 
Why train in Assessment Literacy?
Do you want to ...?
  • join a network of educators committed to developing and using classroom assessments that motivate and engage students
  • critically reflect on and improve your own assessment and grading practices to accurately measure, communicate and increase student learning
  • better use your class time to effectively identify and meet the needs of all of your students
  • create equitable schools and classrooms where all learners feel confident in their ability to succeed ​
Do you want to learn more about...?
  • planning and managing both formative and summative assessments in the classroom
  • identifying, clarifying, and teaching to valued learning targets
  • designing or selecting high-quality assessment items and tasks
  • devising high-quality scoring keys, guides, and rubrics
  • using assessment results to plan further instruction
  • offering descriptive feedback during learning
  • designing assessments so that students can self-assess and set goals
  • tracking student achievement along with other relevant data
  • setting up a system so students can track and share their progress
  • calculating grades that accurately represent student achievement​

Contact Information

Contact Amy Olmstead-Brayton

Files & Texts

Network Event (May 30, 2019)

Network Event (May 31, 2018)
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​Inside the Black Box
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InspirEd Standards May Change, but the Process Remains

Assessment Practice Inventory Survey Results, Hanover, 2014
Password Protected Materials for participants

Summer Learning (2020)

Assessment for Learning Series
This series will be offered both live and as a recording. Can be taken as a series or individual modules. Teachers wishing to join the Assessment Literacy Network must complete all modules.
​(k-12, all subjects/roles)

Module 1: Welcome and Introduction
​Module 2: The Purpose of Assessment
Module 3: Clarifying Learning Targets
Module 4: Designing Quality Assessments
Module 5: Developing Learner Agency
Module 6: Communicating Student Learning​

LIVE (Jul 6-10) 1:00-3:00 pm
Available as recording through August
Registration

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Educator Meet Ups
Most teachers work over the summer but we don't always have the chance to talk about what we're learning or to share and get feedback on our ideas for the following year. We have learned a lot since March 2020 and are now preparing for a new school year full of unknowns. Join other educators for this on-going opportunity to network, discuss, and support one another as we work to put our learning into practice!
(k-12, all subjects/roles)

Every Tue & Thu (Jul 14-Aug 18)
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Registration

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Book Study: Grading for Equity
Join fellow educators to deepen your understanding of how traditional grading practices inhibit equity in our schools and disempower students and teachers. Identify ways in which you can change your own practices and policies to be more just and promote learner agency. Participants should come to each session having read the assigned chapters. *Books available for pick up in Ann Arbor beginning Jul 6.
(6-12, all subjects/roles)

LIVE (Jul 16, Jul 23, Aug 6) 9:00-10:00 am
Registration

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Socially Just Assessment & Grading - 2 Offerings!
Join other educators committed to social justice to consider how our current assessment and grading practices uphold unjust systems? Come to learn more about how you can use assessment and grading to begin to push on the system and create more socially just classrooms and schools.
(k-12, all subjects/roles)

LIVE (Jul 22 & Aug 20) 9:00-3:00
Registration July
Registration August

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Back to School EdCamp!
Join other local educators to network, share, and learn together in this virtual unconference. A great way to re-energize and get inspired for the new school year!
(pre-k-12, all subjects/roles, community educators)

LIVE (Aug 19) 9:00-3:00
Registration