Wednesday, March 7, 2012

RR 19

RR19: IDENTIFY strategies to differentiate assessment.


Differentiation in assessment are endless, here are a few that I favor:


-Using ELD standards to change the expectations of literacy assessments for ELD students (differentiation on how I  grade assessments)
-Allow students with motor control IEPs to do a skills performance in a closed environment rather than an open environment.  
-Having the choice of multiple intelligence.  Instead of assigning one assessment pattern students have to complete, give them choice.  Have a variety of choices to present to students.  They could have a list to demonstrate learning in a song, an art project, and essay, or a movie.  Let the students use an assessment that compliments their learning styles of being auditory, kinestetic, visual etc.  (This differentiation has captured my greatest interest) 
 -Allow assessments to be taken in groups so students have to discuss and agree on material that is being presented.
-Break assessments into smaller more manageable parts.  




Here is an excellent example if differentiation for dance using different learning types/multiple intelligence:
http://www.pyppewithandy.com/2/post/2011/3/pyp-pe-and-differentiated-assessment-tasks.html
Another article on differentiating assessments in a general sense
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/teachingtoday/subject/di_meeting.phtml

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