Thoughts on 7/24

In class we explored the many areas of assessment. Utilizing a jigsaw method in conjunction with cooperative learning we broke into groups of 4 to cover 4 major areas of assessment: MCAS, traditional assessment, non-traditional assessment and Lindquist's Chapter 8 on Student Assessment. The traditional and non-traditional folks began with information on thirteen.org's online professional development site. The MCAS group delved into the Massachusetts' Department of Education site on MCAS.

As we came back together as a group, we heard from members of each division and explored the topics in depth. Our assessment work will continue as we begin working with rubrics. Thursday's class will feature the whole class construction of the rubric for our unit assignment. All of our assessment findings will be written up in Thursday's blog entry.