Assessment Practice: Social Studies
Discipline/course: IB Economics
Grade level: 12
Formative common assessments: Do Now's, quizzes online, presentations in
front of the class using HW q's, blog entries, classroom discussion ( assessed)
Summative common assessments: Tests generated with IBO q's,
Additional common assessment info : Research Projects, Multimedia Projects(PP
or videocasts/movies, Debates, Online tests
Discipline/Course: AP Economics
Grade Level: 11/12
Formative Common Assessment: Do nows, activities from NCEE Workbook, Do
now's, multimedia projects, discussions, hands-on activities, Blog comments, InCommon Google Doc work
Summative Common Assessment: AP Economics Test: Multiple Choice/Free
Response Q's, Multimedia projects, Research Projects,
Discipline/course: 1. Modern World History; 2. TOK and APUSH
Grade level: 1. 10; 2. 10, 11,12 both externally moderated
Formative 1. common assessments:weekly quizzes are designed to be both
formative and summative; 2. same as 1.
Summative common assessments: 1. semester exams are summative and
commonly planned but not identical in questions but in content and skills; 2. no
semester exams for TOK, semester exams identical for AP
Additional common assessment info : All these courses share a common syllabus
both in content and skills.
Discipline/course:AP Psychology/IB Psychology
Grade level:11/12
Formative common assessments: None
Summative common assessments: Semester Exam
Additional common assessment info : Use similar test banks and AP exam
questions. IB uses the IB exam questions
Discipline/course: AP Psych History 9
Grade level:
11/12
9
Formative common assessments:
None
Summative common assessments:
Shared (identical) first semester final.
Shared (identical) first and second semester finals.
Additional common assessment info :
It appears that we do common summative assessments in both AP Psych and
History 9. These are limited to identical midterms in both subjects and a
common final in History 9. Beyond that, it appears that we each do our own
thing.
Discipline/course: Asian History
Grade level: 9th grade
Formative common assessments: none
Summative common assessments:
* midterm exam, final exam
Additional common assessment info:
* Integrated project with English re: China, first semester. Integrated project
with English re: Japan
* Common exam/study review guide