This is the accountablity document that was created to help with two potential issues. First, there is a fear that students will only do the activities that they want rather than what they need. Next, in this scenario, students may not be getting access to all the opportunites in the classroom. Note the grade section, which is where students are given a monthly grade. Also, the starred items can receive bonuses.
In a blended/personalized classroom, data can be overwhelming. This course will give you the tools you need to focus your data analysis, so you can provide a more personalized experience for each student.
In this course, participants will:
Sophia Thomas, teacher, discusses how the team uses cumulative quizzes to gauge retention of skills.
Transcript: Sophia Thomas: …quizzes. There is one that is at the end of the unit. It’s just a cumulative quiz that goes back from all the units picking things, just to see where retention is at. One of the things that we recognized was that sometimes kids can hold on to the information for (only) so long. Forcing them to do a cumulative quiz every time is just reminding them that they are accountable for this information.
Summit has created a robust series of teacher resources to support work with their Learning Platform. On this site, you can learn more about how to create, implement, and assess student project work.
When students feel they have mastered content, they request an assessment. PVES teachers developed a way to have students request without interrupting other one-on-one sessions.
Pleasant View uses STAR tests to assess progress against grade-level standards.
Teachers discuss the types of data they use and how they monitor student progress.
Students set goals at the beginning of every independent learning session. In the beginning, students struggled to set goals, so teachers helped students develop their goal-setting skills as a whole class.
Students take a diagnostic assessment prior to engaging in a learning objective.
Summit has developed a series of resources for teachers, including norms for self-directed personalized learning time (PLT). You can find the complete list, along with additional resources, on pages 3 and 4 of the link (titled “Step 1”), and below are a few of the key suggestions:
