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 2021

All offerings for Summer 2021 will meet VIRTUALLY on Zoom.
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Book Study: Grading for Equity (series)
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. This series will meet three times over the month of July, participants should plan to attend all three meetings. Participants should come to each session having read the assigned chapters. *Books available for pick up in Ann Arbor June 1.
(6-12, all subjects/roles)

July 13, 20, & 27
9:30-11:00 am
Registration

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Socially Just Assessment & Grading (series)
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. This series will meet for 2 days, participants should plan to attend both days.
(k-12, all subjects/roles)

July 28 & 29
9:00 am-2:00pm
Registration

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Intro to Standards-Based  
Join us for this introductory session where we will explore the key characteristics of equitable standards-based grading and it's connection to student learning, motivation, and agency. Learn more about the prerequisite knowledge and skills you'll need to effectively shift to a standards-based classroom that better supports teachers', students', and caregivers' information needs.
(k-12, all subjects/roles)

July 22
9:30-11:00 am
Registration

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Assessment for Learning Series
Engage in this intensive 2.5 day series to begin deepening your understanding and use of effective classroom assessments. Learn more about the formative assessment cycle and its role in supporting student agency in their learning. Learn how to use classroom assessment not only to gather accurate information about student learning but to also improve student engagement, motivation and achievement and create classrooms and schools that are truly learning- and student-centered. This series will include presentations, discussion, as well as independent work/application. Participants should plan to attend all three days.
(all grades/subjects/roles)

August 2-4
​9:00-2:00 (8/2-8/3), 9:00-11:00 (8/4)
Registration

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​*Educators wishing to continue their learning following this series are encouraged to join the Assessment Literacy Network for the 2021-22 school year.