CSTP 5: Assessing Students for Learning

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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 range 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.
Teacher uses different
forms of assessment
during the
implementation of a
lesson including
progress monitoring,
informal assessment, and
formal assessment.
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Evidence
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
Follows required on student learning. collect ongoing
processes for data Make adjustments in Uses analysis of a variety assessment data
analysis and draws planning for single of data to inform Uses data analysis of a appropriate for the range
conclusions about lessons or sequence of planning and broad range of of learner needs.
student learning lessons based on analysis differentiation of assessments to provide
of assessment data. instruction. comprehensive Uses results of ongoing
information to guide data analysis to plan and
planning and differentiate instruction
5.2 Collecting and
differentiation of for maximum academic
analyzing
instruction. success.
assessment data
from a variety of
Designs and integrates an
sources to inform
assessment plan that
instruction.
provides formal and
informal assessment data
on student learning.

Uses data analysis of a

broad range of
assessments to provide
comprehensive
information to guide
planning and
differentiation of
instruction.
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Teacher assesses student
understanding at the end
of a lesson in order to
inform planning and
differentiation of the next
lesson.
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Evidence
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.
Teacher evaluates and
analyzes student work to
determine next steps
for instruction to meet
the individual needs of
each student.
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Evidence
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.
Teacher differentiates
instruction to meet the
knowledge, skills and
abilities of individual
students based in the
assessment data
collected.
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Teacher modifies
learning goals based on
Evidence the periodic assessment
of student progress.
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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.
Teacher provides
opportunities for
students to examine,
reflect on, and revise
their own work.

Teacher models to
students how to revise
their work so they learn
how to improve their
skills.
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Evidence
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.

Teacher uses a variety of

technologies to record
and share assessment
data to administration
and families about
student learning
including report cards,
written comments on
student work sent home,
and parent teacher
conferences.
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Evidence
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
lessons. Seeks to provide academic achievement. in ways that support individual student
Notifies families of feedback in ways that increased learning. progress and ways to
student proficiencies, students understand. Provides opportunities provide and monitor
challenges, and behavior for comprehensible and Communicates regularly support.
issues through school Communicates with timely two-way with families to share a
mandated procedures. families about student communications with range of assessment
progress, strengths, and families to share student information that is
5.7 Using assessment needs at reporting assessments, progress, comprehensible and
information to share periods. raise issues and/or responsive to individual
timely and concerns, and guide student and family needs.
comprehensible Contacts families as family support.
feedback with needs arise regarding Integrates the ongoing
students and their struggling students or sharing of
families behavior issues. comprehensible feedback
to students from formal
and informal assessments
in ways that support
increased learning.

Communicates regularly
with families to share a
range of assessment
information that is
comprehensible and
responsive to individual
student and family needs.
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Teacher shares feedback
about student growth to
students and their
families through report
cards, parent teacher
conferences, monthly
newsletter, and email
correspondence.
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