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Assessment in 21st Century Classrooms

Intel® Teach Elements:

Assessment in 21st Century Classrooms

Action Plan: Jaylord Losabia

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Table of Contents

Module 1: 21st Century Learning...................................................3

Lesson 1: 21st Century Classrooms.................................................................3
Activity 1: Roles in the 21st Century.............................................................3
Activity 3: Evolution of Assessment Practices.................................................3
Lesson 2: 21st Century Skills in the Classroom.................................................4
Activity 3: 21st Century Skill Selection (Optional)...........................................4
Lesson 3: 21st Century Assessment Practices...................................................5
Activity 1: The Role of Formative Assessment................................................5
Lesson 4: Module Review...............................................................................5
Activity 1: Module Summary........................................................................5

Module 2: Assessment Strategies..............................................6

Lesson 3: Focus on Rubrics.............................................................................6
Activity 3: Rubric Development....................................................................6
Lesson 4: The Assessing Projects Library..........................................................6
Activity 2: Assessing Projects Application.......................................................6
Lesson 5: Module Review...............................................................................6
Activity 1: Module Summary........................................................................7

Module 3: Assessment Methods.................................................7

Lesson 1: Assessment and Instruction.............................................................7
Activity 2: Instructional Activities as Assessment............................................7
Lesson 3: Classroom Conferences....................................................................7
Activity 3: Example Conferences...................................................................7
Lesson 5: Assessment Instruments..................................................................8
Activity 1: Overview of Assessment Instruments (Optional).............................8
Lesson 6: Module Review...............................................................................8
Activity 1: Module Summary........................................................................8

Module 4: Assessment Development.........................................8

Lesson 1: Important Learning Goals................................................................9
Activity 2: 21st Century Skills Objectives.......................................................9
Lesson 2: Assessment Plan.............................................................................9
Activity 2: Effective Assessment Timelines.....................................................9
Activity 3: Assessment Methods and Purposes (Optional)...............................10
Lesson 3: Assessment Instruments................................................................10
Activity 3: Rubric and Checklist Adaptation..................................................10
Lesson 4: Module Review..............................................................................10

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Activity 1: Modules Summary.....................................................................10

Module 5: Assessment in Action..............................................11

Lesson 1: Student Roles in Assessment..........................................................11
Activity 1: Increased Student Responsibility (Optional)..................................11
Activity 2: Peer Feedback...........................................................................11
Lesson 2: Self-Assessment...........................................................................11
Activity 2: Supporting Metacognition (Optional)............................................11
Lesson 3: Assessment Management...............................................................12
Activity 1: Assessment Management Strategies............................................12
Activity 2: Assessment Routines (Optional)..................................................12
Lesson 4: Use of Assessment Data.................................................................13
Activity 2: Reflection and Goal Setting.........................................................13
Lesson 5: Grading in a 21st Century Classroom...............................................13
Activity 2: Grading Systems (Optional)........................................................13
Lesson 6: Module Review..............................................................................13
Activity 1: Module Summary......................................................................14

Course Wrap-Up......................................................................15
Summary....................................................................................................15
Activity 1: Course Reflection.......................................................................15

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Module 1: 21st Century Learning

Lesson 1: 21st Century Classrooms

Activity 1: Roles in the 21st Century

Estimated Time: 15 minutes

In what ways do you consider yourself a 21st century teacher? Describe how you:

 Collaborate with other teachers

 Use technology in your classroom
 Act as a facilitator of your students’ learning
 Use multiple forms of assessment for content and 21st century skill
development

As a 21st century teacher, I make sure that my lessons and the

information I give to my students are up-to-date and current through the use of
technology and internet resources. As much as possible, class discussions are
more learner-centered and metacognitive with more input given by the students
while I as the teacher serve as the facilitator. I try to relate my lesson with other
subjects so as to make learning integrated and multidisciplinary thus developing
collaboration among my co-teachers. I try to use not only traditional assessment
methods like paper and pencil test rather utilize alternative, authentic and
integrative assessment methods like rubrics, self-assessment and/or portfolios.

Module 1: 21st Century Learning

Lesson 1: 21st Century Classrooms

Activity 3: Evolution of Assessment Practices

Estimated Time: 15 minutes

In the chart, record your current assessment practices and how you would like to
change your assessment practices.

Current Assessment Practices Changes to Assessment Practices

1. Use of paper and pencil tests 1. Utilize other assessment methods that
would use multiple intelligences.
2. Oral graded recitations 2. Develop rubrics to evaluate correct
responses during recitations.
3. Projects 3. Give projects that will make use of
technology. Give opportunities for
students to assess their own and
classmate’s work.
4. Written outputs 4. Use rubrics and provide immediate
feedbacks for improvements. Encourage
writing using technology and via online.
5. Observations during exercises 5. Make use of rubrics, checklists,
anecdotal records during observations

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noting the time, subject and activity.

6. Group activities 6. Emphasize collaboration among
students through brainstorming, free-
sharing of ideas, allocating work
assignments and resources. Employ
observational instruments during on-
going group tasks.

Module 1: 21st Century Learning

Lesson 2: 21st Century Skills in the Classroom

Activity 3: 21st Century Skill Selection (Optional)

Estimated Time: 20 minutes

1. Consider the units you teach.

2. List units where you explicitly teach, or would like to teach, 21st century
skills.
3. For those units, list the technologies you use or would like to use.

Unit 21st Century Skills Technology

Operations of Whole Initiative and Self-Direction computer-aided instruction,

Numbers math computer games

multimedia presentations,
Decimals Critical Thinking and Problem computer simulations,
Solving internet

Fractions Communication and multimedia presentation,

Collaboration; Critical online tutoring forums,
Thinking and Problem Solving computer simulations

Module 1: 21st Century Learning

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Lesson 3: 21st Century Assessment Practices

Activity 1: The Role of Formative Assessment

Estimated Time: 10 minutes

How does formative assessment benefit your classroom? What kinds of changes
would you need to make in your assessment practices to include more formative
assessment?

Formative assessment gives ideas to the learning in-progress of my students. The

process of learning is also given emphasis and not only the end-product. With this,
immediate feedback can be given to improve learning and correct common mistakes.
It also provides information on how students accomplish their tasks, their behavior
and how do they collaborate with their co-learners. In order to accomplish this, I can
roam around the room every fixing skills or exercises part of the lesson to monitor
student progress and provide feedback. I can utilize observational notes and
checklists and through the data I have collected, I can modify my instruction to suit
my students’ needs.

Module 1: 21st Century Learning

Lesson 4: Module Review

Activity 1: Module Summary

Estimated Time: 10 minutes

Based on your understanding of assessment, what assessment goals would you like
to set for yourself during this course, month, or school year? Write your goals. Some
examples include:

 Choose 21st century skills to focus on during a particular unit or project

 Use formative assessment strategies in my classroom
 Add 21st century skills to my rubrics
 Use additional assessment instruments to assess
 Have students assess themselves and their peers
 Distribute rubrics before and during the project
 Use journals and/or observations to assess

My assessment goals:

Employ varied assessment techniques and tools.

Encourage self-assessment among students to monitor their own learning.

Make use of more information and communication technology in assessment

outputs.

Give opportunity for collaboration.

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Module 2: Assessment Strategies

Lesson 3: Focus on Rubrics

Activity 3: Rubric Development

Estimated Time: 10 minutes

Reflect on your current use of rubrics in your classroom.

How might you use rubrics in new or different ways to improve your students’
learning?

I perhaps can make my students develop their own rubrics that they can use to
assess their own and other’s work.

Module 2: Assessment Strategies

Lesson 4: The Assessing Projects Library

Activity 2: Assessing Projects Application

Estimated Time: 20 minutes

Explore the rubrics shown in the table or in the Assessing Projects library. Select and
save at least one product or performance rubric and at least one 21st Century skill
rubric to your Course Folder or to your Personal Library if using Assessing Projects.
Describe how and when you would use each assessment.

Product or Performance Rubric name:

Group Task Rubric

How I will use the rubric:

I will employ this in developing a Group Problem Solving Rubric

21st Century Skill Rubric:

Problem-Solving Rubric

How I will use the rubric:

I will employ this in developing a Group Problem-Solving Rubric

Module 2: Assessment Strategies

Lesson 5: Module Review

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Activity 1: Module Summary

Estimated Time: 10 minutes

Reflect on your learning in this module.

I reflected that assessment is not just a mere giving of test, quizzes or grades. It
serves a vast array of purposes. And because of this, assessment is not only limited
to only one or two strategies or techniques. As much as possible, I as a teacher must
apply different strategies to grasp a full understanding of my students’ level of
development, improvement and achievement.

Module 3: Assessment Methods

Lesson 1: Assessment and Instruction

Activity 2: Instructional Activities as Assessment

Estimated Time: 20 minutes

Describe how you might integrate assessment methods as part of classroom

activities.

 Graphic Organizers

Semantic Web can be presented as a motivational tool, eliciting and

brainstorming ideas from the students about a topic of the lesson.

 Journals and Learning Logs

I will use this to monitor student performance and learning progress every
exercises and group activities.

 Discussions

I will give more opportunities for the students to freely discuss their ideas. This
way they can also share what they know as well as help/tutor other classmates
having difficulties.

 Products and Performances

I will require every unit or grading period for students to have projects and
performance outputs. Projects can be in the form of models or 3 dimensional
works as well as digital or informational outputs which are both related to the
lesson. Performance outputs on the other hand can be a task, a presentation or
demonstration which will showcase students’ mastery of the lesson.

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Module 3: Assessment Methods

Lesson 3: Classroom Conferences

Activity 3: Example Conferences

Estimated Time: 20 minutes

Describe how you might include each assessment method in your classroom.

 Observation

I will use this to explore students’ reaction, behavior and collaborative effort of
students while listening to the discussion and accomplishing individual and group
activities.

 Peer Assessment

During group activities, I will let students assess the work of other groups. A
student can also assess the work of other student during recitations and
individual exercises.

 Self-Assessment

I have my students to record or log their progress by providing them checklists

or a journal to reflect on their work.

 Student-Teacher Conferences

This can be done every consultation period in either individual or group of

students.

Module 3: Assessment Methods

Lesson 5: Assessment Instruments

Activity 1: Overview of Assessment Instruments (Optional)

Estimated Time: 30 minutes

Explore the assessment instruments (rubrics and checklists) shown in the table or in
the Assessing Projects library. Select and save any that you would like to use or
adapt for your classroom. Note how and when you might use the assessments.

Assessment Instrument When and How I Will Use

Rubrics Assess product and performance student

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outputs

Checklists Check if the criteria or objective is

accomplished and achieved

Learning Logs Monitor one’s progress and reflect on one’s

learning

Module 3: Assessment Methods

Lesson 6: Module Review

Activity 1: Module Summary

Estimated Time: 10 minutes

Reflect on how implementing what you have learned in this module might change
your classroom.

I think if I could fully implement the things I have learned in this module, I could
really have an objective, precise and accurate idea about my students’ learning.
Through this, I could make appropriate feedbacks for students to improve
themselves as well as adapt my instructions suitable for their needs and interests.

Module 4: Assessment Development

Lesson 1: Important Learning Goals

Activity 2: 21st Century Skills Objectives

Estimated Time: 20 minutes

In this module, focus on a single project as you complete each Your Turn activity.
Note that the planning steps build on each other.

Choose standards and write objectives for your unit. Remember to write objectives
that tie to targeted standards, are measurable, and incorporate 21st century skills.

Unit/Project: ___Solid Figures___

Targeted Standards Objectives

Accurately constructed solid figures with  Build solid figures

dimensions congruent and proportionate
 Measure dimensions with accuracy
to one another
and congruency

Synthesized the concepts of geometry to  Research on solid figures

come up with a realistic and correct solid
 Use computer softwares or download
figures

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templates of solid figures via internet

Had an aesthetic and instructional value  Create solid figures with appropriate
size and design

Utilized indigenous and/or recycled  Make use of materials that are less
materials costly and readily available

Module 4: Assessment Development

Lesson 2: Assessment Plan

Activity 2: Effective Assessment Timelines

Estimated Time: 20 minutes

Create an Assessment Timeline for your project. Remember to plan assessments

throughout the project that meet all five purposes:

 Gauging Student Needs

 Encouraging Collaboration and Self-Direction
 Monitoring Progress
 Checking Understanding and Encouraging Metacognition
 Demonstrating Understanding

Assessment Timeline

Before project After project work

work begins During project work is completed

 Brainstorming  Group Task Rubric  Project Rubric

 Group Discussion  Student-Teacher  Creativity Checklist
Conference/Consultation
 Observation Checklist

Module 4: Assessment Development

Lesson 2: Assessment Plan

Activity 3: Assessment Methods and Purposes (Optional)

Estimated Time: 20 minutes

To complete your Assessment Plan for your unit, develop a table of assessment
strategies that aligns to the Assessment Timeline you created in Activity 2.

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As you think through the purpose and process for each assessment, you may need to
modify your Assessment Timeline to best meet each of your goals and objectives.

You may want to review the Guiding Questions document in the Module 4 section
of the Resources tab to help you write your Assessment Plan.

Table of Assessment Strategies

Assessment Process and Purpose of Assessment

Discussion and This will help me know students’ knowledge and ideas
Brainstorming behind the project. This will also help the students generate
ideas on how will they accomplish their projects as a group.

Group Task Rubric/ I will utilize this to measure how students perform as a
Observation Checklist group and how they contribute for the success of their
project.

Student-Teacher I can monitor students’ progress as well as identify their

Conference needs, concerns and clarifications about the project.

Project Rubric/ I will utilize these to gauge students’ output and finish
Creativity Checklist products and asses if the standards and objectives are met.

Module 4: Assessment Development

Lesson 3: Assessment Instruments

Activity 3: Rubric and Checklist Adaptation

Estimated Time: 30 minutes

1. Adapt a rubric or checklist that you selected in Module 2, Lesson 4, Activity 2 or

Module 3, Lesson 5, Activity 1. Use Assessing Projects to adapt an assessment in
your personal library, or modify an assessment in your Course Folder using a
word processor.

2. Describe how you adapted the assessment and how you will use it in your
classroom.

I adapted the rubric to suit my standards and objectives. I change some criteria in
the Project Rubrics that will relate to Solid Figures lesson.

Module 4: Assessment Development

Lesson 4: Module Review

Activity 1: Modules Summary

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Estimated Time: 10 minutes

Reflect on your learning from Module 4 and record your reflections.

I learned that assessment is a process. It has stages or steps that I, together with
my students, to undergo for it to become successful. I also learned that assessment
development is never just a teacher’s task rather includes involvement from the
students.

Module 5: Assessment in Action

Lesson 1: Student Roles in Assessment

Activity 1: Increased Student Responsibility (Optional)

Estimated Time: 15 minutes

Considering your students and their experiences with peer assessment, what
concerns do you have about transitioning them to be successful assessors? List your
concerns and brainstorm solutions.

Concerns Solutions

Some students were not serious about Provide criteria or standards on how
their comments comments or assessment should be
given.

Other students were biased and Give rubrics or checklists and if possible,
subjective. develop confidentiality about the assesse
and the assessor.

Some students are reluctant to assess Emphasize that one of the purposes of
their peer because of friendship. peer- assessment is to help and improve
one another. Give confidentiality as to
who are assessing and who are being
assessed.

Module 5: Assessment in Action

Lesson 1: Student Roles in Assessment

Activity 2: Peer Feedback

Estimated Time: 30 minutes

1. Review the Tips for Student Feedback document.

2. Create a resource to support or scaffold peer assessment, such as a checklist,
presentation, tips sheet, dialog for modeling, and so on. You may modify any of
the resources you viewed in this activity for use in your own classroom. Consider
using collaboration and self-direction resources from the Assessing Projects
library as well.

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3. Describe how you will use the support material.

I will design a peer-assessment checklist that will also include

comments/suggestions space after. This way, students will also have a personal
feedback given by their peer aside from the objectivity provided by the checklist.
I also will not include the name of the assessor so as to avoid desirability bias
and promote confidentiality and honesty.

Module 5: Assessment in Action

Lesson 2: Self-Assessment

Activity 2: Supporting Metacognition (Optional)

Estimated Time: 30 minutes

1. Review the Metacognition document.

2. Consider the resources you could use to support self-assessment and
metacognition in your classroom. Identify an assessment instrument you have
already created, modify any of the samples you have viewed, or use the
Assessing Projects application to create one.
3. Describe how you will use the support material.

To enhance metacognition, I will perhaps ask students to accomplish journals to

give them the chance to reflect on their learning. I will also include higher-
ordered questions that they need to answer and relay in the content of their
journals.

Module 5: Assessment in Action

Lesson 3: Assessment Management

Activity 1: Assessment Management Strategies

Estimated Time: 15 minutes

1. Describe how you will organize and track student assessment data.

I can design tables, checklists, progress chart or graphs in order to for the
students to have a clear understanding of their learning. These will also give them
the idea on the points they need to improve and strive for.

2. Describe how you will help your students organize their assessment data.

I can help students organize their assessment data by requiring them to have a
portfolio or an album of their assessment works and outputs.

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Module 5: Assessment in Action

Lesson 3: Assessment Management

Activity 2: Assessment Routines (Optional)

Estimated Time: 15 minutes

What assessment activities do you want to routinely occur in your classroom? What
technology do you think could help support those activities?

Routine Assessment Activities Technology

Journals It would be good if they can publish or

share their journals via internet through
blogs and social networking sites/forums.

Portfolios It would be nice if they have portfolios in

soft copies or digital format so that they
can convert these in multimedia
presentations or share these via internet.

Rubrics If possible, they can have electronic

rubrics where scores are immediately
tallied to provide instant feedback.

Product- and Performance-Based Products can be shared through the

Assessments world wide web and Performance Outputs
can be recorded to be shared online like
the YouTube or Facebook.

Module 5: Assessment in Action

Lesson 4: Use of Assessment Data

Activity 2: Reflection and Goal Setting

Estimated Time: 15 minutes

Review your ideas for tracking and organizing student assessment data from Module
5, Lesson 3, Activity 1. How will you and your students use the information from the
assessment data?

1. Consider how students can use the assessment information to:

 Reflect on their learning

 Modify their goals or actions
 Revise their work
 Build on their 21st century skills, and so on

Describe what you will have your students do with the assessment data they collect
and organize.

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I will let student prepare a reflection paper or journal to assess their current level of
achievement. Their journal should include the point of their achievement and the
areas they think they need to work more. Also, their assessment data should also be
shared and fedback to their parents. With these, school and home collaboration can
be enriched.

2. Determine how you will use the assessment data to:

 Modify instruction
 Determine proficiency
 Plan future units, and so on

Plan how you will use student assessment data that you organize and track.

Assessment data will be interpreted carefully and holistically. A single assessment

should never be a basis for a student’s progress and achievement. Assessment
techniques will be utilized and track the data acquired through graphs and other
technology-based programs and tools.

Module 5: Assessment in Action

Lesson 5: Grading in a 21st Century Classroom

Activity 2: Grading Systems (Optional)

Estimated Time: 10 minutes

What strategies will you use to assign grades to student work and processes?

I will use more of rubrics, checklists and self-assessment instruments.

Module 5: Assessment in Action

Lesson 6: Module Review

Activity 1: Module Summary

Estimated Time: 10 minutes

Reflect on the learning from this module.

I learned that assessment is multi-faceted and comprehensive. It needs preparation

and collaboration. It is not the only work of the teacher but rather engage students
to assess and monitor their learning.

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Course Wrap-Up
Summary

Activity 1: Course Reflection

Estimated Time: 20 minutes

Revisit the goals you set for assessment in your classroom from Module 1, Lesson 4,
Activity 1. Write about your progress toward those goals.

As of the moment, I realize that some of the assessment strategies I use in the
classroom are actually in line with the 21st Century Skills. Thought they are not fully
developed because of lack of technology, I think this is a good start. I plan to
enhance this by employing more internet and technology-based tools as well as by
having more student involvement in assessment.

What new goals do you have for assessment in your 21st Century classroom? What
goals do you have for your students?

Research more on other assessment strategies from experienced and effective

educators.
Make use of a lot of technology available.
Develop students’ metacognition, reflective skills and intrinsic motivation.

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