CSTP 5: Assessing Students for Learning

Element Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

Is aware of the purposes Explores the use of Decides on the purpose Develops and adapts the Demonstrates purposeful
and characteristics of different types of pre- for assessment and skills range of appropriate use of a wide range of
formative and summative assessment, formative to be assessed to select assessments to address assessments to support
assessments. and summative appropriately matches questions about students’ differentiated student
5.1 Applying assessments. pre-, formative and learning needs and learning needs and reflect
knowledge of the summative assessments. progress. progress.
purposes, Begins to identify specific
characteristics, and characteristics of Selects assessments Integrates a variety of Draws flexibility from a
uses of different assessments that yield based on clear characteristics into repertoire of appropriate
types of assessments different types of understanding of the assessments to allow assessment options and
information about purposes and students with a ranges of characteristics to
student preparedness, characteristics of learning needs to maximize student
progress, and proficiency. assessments to support demonstrate what they demonstration of
student learning. know. knowledge.
Pre-, formative, and Student assessment data Formative assessment is
summative assessments is reviewed and analyzed used within the program
are used to see how to identify individual to promote student
students are progressing. academic strengths and learning. 4/29/2024
Assessments contain only areas for growth.
content that will be 12/10/2023
learned or was learned so
students are not
surprised with extra
content. 7/15/2023
CSTP 5: Assessing Students for Learning

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Use data from required Explores collecting Collects a variety of Designs and integrates an Infuses assessments
assessments to assess additional data using formal and informal assessment plan that strategically and
student learning. supplemental assessment data on provides formal and systematically
assessments. student learning. informal assessment data throughout instruction to
5.2 Collecting and Follows required on student learning. collect ongoing
analyzing processes for data Make adjustments in Uses analysis of a variety assessment data
assessment data analysis and draws planning for single of data to inform Uses data analysis of a appropriate for the range
from a variety of conclusions about lessons or sequence of planning and broad range of of learner needs.
sources to inform student learning lessons based on analysis differentiation of assessments to provide
instruction. of assessment data. instruction. comprehensive Uses results of ongoing
information to guide data analysis to plan and
planning and differentiate instruction
differentiation of for maximum academic
instruction. success.
Informal assessment data Teacher assesses student Teacher reflects on the
is used almost every day understanding at the end success of each lesson
through assignments. of a lesson in order to and success is
Formal assessments are inform planning of the determined by the level
used when I feel that next lesson. 12/10/2023 of student understanding.
students understand the 4/29/2024
material and are ready to
be assessed. 7/15/2023
CSTP 5: Assessing Students for Learning

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Reviews and monitors Reviews and monitors Reviews and monitors a Reviews and monitors a Facilitates collaborative
5.3 Reviewing data, available assessment data additional assessment variety of data on student broad range of data work and fosters
both individually and as required by site and data individually and learning individually and individually and with colleagues ability to
with colleagues, to district processes. with colleagues and with colleagues to colleagues to analyze identify and address
monitor student identifies learning needs identify trends and student thinking and causes for achievement
learning of individual students. patterns among groups of identify underlying patterns and trends.
students. causes for trends.
Data is used from the Teacher evaluates and Teacher participates in
Aleks program that is analyzes a class set of ongoing monitoring of
their warmup to know student work to the English Learners’
what gaps they are determine next steps for content progress and
missing in content. instruction. 12/10/2023 language skills within the
Assignments are used for structure of grade level
material that is used in teams; plans are made
class. Students are about impact on planning
grouped so that stronger and instruction.
students can assist 4/29/2024
struggling students.
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CSTP 5: Assessing Students for Learning

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Uses data from Uses data from available Uses a variety of Uses a broad range of Reflects on data
assessments provided by assessments to establish assessment data to set data to set learning goals continuously to make
site and district to set content-based learning student learning goals for for content and academic ongoing refinements to
learning goals for the goals for class and content and academic language that are learning goals for content
class. individual students in language. integrated across content and academic language
5.4 Using assessment single lessons or standards for individuals for the fill range of
data to establish sequences of lessons. and groups. students.
learning goals and to Plans instruction using Plans differentiated
plan, differentiate, available curriculum Plans adjustments in lessons and modifications Plans differentiated Uses data systematically
and modify guidelines. instruction to address to instruction to meet instruction targeted to to refine planning,
instruction learning needs of students’ diverse learning meet individual and differentiate instruction,
individual students. needs. group learning needs. and make ongoing
adjustments to match the
Modifies lessons during evolving learning needs
instruction based on of individuals and groups.
informal assessments.
Goals are set through Teacher differentiates or Teacher selects learning
assessment data. Goals modifies learning goals to goals that are appropriate
will address areas that meet the knowledge, for all students based on
need to be worked on. skills, and abilities of entry level assessment
Differentiated instruction individual students. data. 4/29/2024
is used through providing 12/10/2023
visuals, reading to
students that need it, and
using analogies that will
help students relate the
content to real-life
situations. 7/15/2023
CSTP 5: Assessing Students for Learning

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Informs students about Begins to encourage Models and scaffolds Implements structures Provides systematic
learning objectives, students to establish student self-assessment for students to self-assess opportunities for student
outcomes, and learning goals through and goal setting and set learning goals self-assessment, goal
summative assessment single lessons or processes for learning related to content, setting, and progress
results. Recognizes the sequence of lessons that content and academic academic language, and monitoring.
5.5 Involving all
need for individual include goal setting language development. individual skills.
students in self-
learning goals. exercises. Develops students’ meta-
assessment, goal-
Guides students to Integrates student self- cognitive skills for
setting, and progress
Monitors progress using Provides students with monitor and reflect on assessment, goal setting, analyzing progress and
monitoring
available tools for opportunities in single progress on a regular and progress monitoring refining goals towards
recording. lessons or sequence of basis. across the curriculum. high levels of academic
lessons to monitor their achievement.
own progress toward
class or individual goals.
Students will sometimes Students are provided Teacher provides
grade their own informal with clear learning goals examples of student work
assessments to see how and performance criteria. at different levels of
they are doing right after 12/10/2023 achievement to support
finishing their students with self and
assignment. Students are peer assessments.
guided through this 4/29/2024
process and can ask
questions whenever they
need it to clarify content.
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CSTP 5: Assessing Students for Learning

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Uses available Explores use of additional Uses technology to design Integrates a variety of Use a wide range of
technologies to record technologies to and implement technologies into the technologies to design,
assessments, determine implement individual assessments, record and development, implement, and analyze
proficiency levels, and assessments, record analyze results, and implementation, analysis assessments and
5.6 Using available
make required results, and communicate communicate about of assessments, and provides for an in depth
technologies to assist
communications about with administration, student learning with communication of and ongoing
in assessment,
student learning. colleagues, and families administration, student learning to all communication regarding
analysis, and
about student learning. colleagues, families, and audiences. student learning to all
communication of
students. Ensure that audiences.
student learning
communications are
received by those who
lack access to technology.

Technology is used in a Teacher clearly Methods of

variety of ways (Aleks, communicates communicating progress
Blooket, Kahoot, Delta information about to families include:
Math etc.) to assess academic progress to progress reports, report
students and analyze how students and their cards, email
they are performing. families. 12/10/2023 correspondence, and
Communication with electric grading
students during this programs. 4/29/2024
process is utilized to
explain processes that are
not understood.
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CSTP 5: Assessing Students for Learning

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Provides students with Provides students with Provides students with Integrates the ongoing Facilitates students’
feedback through additional feedback clear and timely sharing of leadership in seeking and
assessed work and based on formative information about comprehensible feedback using ongoing
required summative assessments from single strengths, needs, and to students from formal comprehensible
assessments. lessons or sequence of strategies for improving and informal assessments communications about
5.7 Using assessment lessons. Seeks to provide academic achievement. in ways that support individual student
information to share Notifies families of feedback in ways that increased learning. progress and ways to
timely and student proficiencies, students understand. Provides opportunities provide and monitor
comprehensible challenges, and behavior for comprehensible and Communicates regularly support.
feedback with issues through school Communicates with timely two-way with families to share a
students and their mandated procedures. families about student communications with range of assessment
families progress, strengths, and families to share student information that is
needs at reporting assessments, progress, comprehensible and
periods. Contacts families raise issues and/or responsive to individual
as needs arise regarding concerns, and guide student and family needs.
struggling students or family support.
behavior issues.
Feedback is given to Communication with Teacher communicates
students quickly after families is handled in a students’ learning to
assessments. Sometimes, non-threatening way that assist families, support
I take a little too long, so is respectful of the teachers, instructional
this is somewhere I need cultural and socio- aides in providing
to improve. I am always economic diversity in the appropriate support to
open to communication community. 12/10/2023 improve student
on how students are achievement. 4/29/2024
doing with the students
themselves or their
parents and respond to
any concerns there might
be. 7/15/2023