Assessing and monitoring student learning

Which assessment should the teacher use to effectively evaluate if students understood the content after the completion of the unit?

A final exam covering all the prime factorization topics of the unit.

Which assessment method should this teacher use to effectively monitor student progress?

A knowledge-check question for students to narrate how cellular components work.

The teacher of a Spanish class presenting a unit about family and relationship vocabulary. The goal is for students to be able to effectively use the vocabulary from the unit which assessment method should this teacher use to effectively monitor student progress throughout the unit?

A series of short quizzes covering vocabulary related to family and relationships.

In a unit about the Civil War, the teacher of a history class has the code that students will be able to identify the outcomes of each major civil war battle. Which assessment method should the teacher use to effectively evaluate if students understood the content after the completion of the unit?

An oral exam asking students to explain the results of at least two major Civil War battles.

Assessment method for calculating position in physics

A knowledge-check question asking students to determine a position using velocity and acceleration.

Assessment for identifying molecular geometry in chemistry

A multiple-choice test asking students to identify geometries from given chemical formulas.

Assessment method for trigonometric ratios

An end-of-class survey asking students to match trigonometric ratios to values.

Assessment for creative writing progress

An exit ticket asking students to write several sentences describing an original fictional character.

Assessment method for understanding brain structures in psychology

An exam asking students to describe how each brain structure relates to sensation and perception.

Assessment to promote student engagement in psychology

Let students choose between a research paper and a presentation.

Strategy to engage geometry students in exam design

Review the learning objectives to be tested.

Strategy for improving student engagement after a first exam

Meet with students individually to set goals.

Strategy to maintain engagement in a physics project

Allow students to choose the topic of the project.

Promoting engagement in a short story writing assignment

Clearly discuss the expectations for the assignment.

Instructional adjustment based on pre-assessment weaknesses

Cellular structures.

Area of greatest student strength in geography

Country names.

Area of greatest weakness for the class in writing

Organization.

Conclusion drawn from pie charts on proficiency levels

The number of students approaching proficiency decreased after the assessment.

Survey result adjustment for improving instruction in linear equations

Provide additional instruction about writing equations.

Instructional adjustment based on end-of-unit quiz results in U.S. government

Teach the content again using a different method.

Adjustment based on exit ticket for polynomial multiplication

Show several more examples before moving to the next topic.

Adjustment for struggling students in verb conjugation practice

Continue to the next lesson, but offer support to the 10% of students that need it.

Instructional adjustment after a discussion on interpretation

Spend more time on strategies for interpretation.

Adjustment based on knowledge-check results in accounting

Use the next part of the lesson to review the different types of values.

Adjustment based on student performance in a weather unit

Review cold and warm fronts before starting the next unit.

Instructional adjustment based on end-of-year exam results

Spend more classroom time with algebra concepts during the next year.

Adjustment based on chemistry project results

Place a greater emphasis on documentation for the next group of students.

Instructional adjustment based on state assessment results

Revise the curriculum to spend more time on mathematics.