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
assessments. pre-, formative and learning needs and learning needs and reflect
5.1 Applying summative assessments. progress. progress.
knowledge of the Begins to identify specific
purposes, characteristics of Selects assessments Integrates a variety of Draws flexibility from a
characteristics, and assessments that yield based on clear characteristics into repertoire of appropriate
uses of different different types of understanding of the assessments to allow assessment options and
types of assessments 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.
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Formative assessments
gives me quick feedback.
With quick feedback I am
able to adjust lessons to
focus more on the skills
that is lacking. Formative
assessment can also be
used for homework and
warm-ups for quick
feedback as well.
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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
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analyzing processes for data assessment data
assessment data analysis and draws Make adjustments in Uses analysis of a variety Uses data analysis of a appropriate for the range
from a variety of conclusions about planning for single of data to inform broad range of of learner needs.
sources to inform student learning lessons or sequence of planning and assessments to provide
instruction. lessons based on analysis differentiation of comprehensive Uses results of ongoing
of assessment data. instruction. information to guide data analysis to plan and
planning and differentiate instruction
differentiation of for maximum academic
instruction. success.
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I use online resources to I use online resources to
assess students and track assess students and track
progress ( Freckle and progress ( Freckle and
Achieve) Achieve) I also create my
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Reviews and monitors Reviews and monitors Reviews and monitors a Reviews and monitors a Facilitates collaborative
available assessment data additional assessment variety of data on student broad range of data work and fosters
5.3 Reviewing data,
as required by site and data individually and learning individually and individually and with colleagues ability to
both individually and
district processes. with colleagues and with colleagues to colleagues to analyze identify and address
with colleagues, to
identifies learning needs identify trends and student thinking and causes for achievement
monitor student
of individual students. patterns among groups of identify underlying patterns and trends.
learning
students. causes for trends.
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I meet with departments
(English and math) to
govern STAR Assessment
scores and FIAB scores
and analyze the results.
We then discuss the areas
that students need
support with and how as
teachers we can provide
that support.
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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
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Modifies lessons during evolving learning needs
instruction based on of individuals and groups.
informal assessments.
Based on assessment Lessons are tailored to
scores and areas of need meet individual student’s
accommodations can be needs. I will have
made. For example different, worksheets and
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CSTP 5: Assessing Students for Learning

Element Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
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
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own progress toward
class or individual goals
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Provide students with a Provide a weekly
check list when working checklist for weekly
on assignments and an assignments and a
example (cheat sheet) if teacher check-in to
needed. monitor weekly progress.
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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
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student learning
communications are
received by those who
lack access to technology.

I use online resources to

assess some students. I
have my own data sheet
that I record scores and I
meet with the general
education teachers to
discuss scores and
explore how can support
our students.
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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
5.7 Using assessment
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information to share
student proficiencies, students understand. provide and monitor
timely and
challenges, and behavior Provides opportunities Communicates regularly support.
comprehensible
issues through school Communicates with for comprehensible and with families to share a
feedback with
mandated procedures. families about student timely two-way range of assessment
students and their
progress, strengths, and communications with information that is
families
needs at reporting families to share student comprehensible and
periods. Contacts families assessments, progress, responsive to individual
as needs arise regarding raise issues and/or student and family needs.
struggling students or concerns, and guide
behavior issues. family support.
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I have frequent check ins
As a special education with my students to
teacher I am in discuss goals and needs
communication with my and come up with
families. I reach out to attainable strategies.
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week and discuss matters
about their students.
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