Please look here for weekly updates

Learning Map



Week 4-5

Starting October 1st

Begin your Assignment 2 Early

Remember the three future things  to know

1. Performance of understanding

2. Formative Assessment

3. Creating/Adapting Rubrics

Performance of Understanding

Susan Brookhart says ask the following--

• What can I ask my students to do that will:

1. Help them master the knowledge content for today’s lesson?

2. Increase their proficiency with the skills content for today’s lesson?

3. Use the reasoning process(es) that are essential for today’s lesson

• Do what I ask my students to do to learn provide them with things to look for in their work to help them self-assess and self-regulate?

• Do what I ask my students to do to learn provide compelling evidence of what they understand and do not understand.

The Great Debate-Sometime in November

Section C: Validity and Fairness of Assessments



WHEREAS, the 11+ was designed to be a fair gatekeeper governing selection and placement into secondary school, and

WHEREAS, universal secondary entrance has been achieved in 2001 and

WHEREAS the unintended consequences now outweigh positive action mechanisms and outcomes, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the Trinidad and Tobago Ministry of Education immediately seek alternative strategies to the use of the SEA as a selection and placement mechanism.

Organize for the Debate

Sign up for one of the roles-support, oppose, judge, moderator



Study this Page-Resources and Support-A call for extended performance assessments

Start with the videos and then read some of the excellent articles.

You can start here if you like . . .

Video on Quality Performance Assessment-Vimeo

Smarter Balanced-Performance Task Specifications

Sample Performance Assessment for Grade 4 ELA-Smarter Balanced

Sample Performance Assessment for Grade 8 ELA Smarter Balanced