THINKING ABOUT ASSESSMENT
Questions to guide your work:
o How much “weight” is given to your summative (tests, final exams,
performance, presentation, essay, oral exam) assessments?
o Approximately how many summative assessments are in a semester?
Are they distributed throughout the grading period?
o For each summative, what formative pieces are in place? How much
weight is given to the formative work?
o What will you assess for at the very beginning of the year? How will you
know where your students started?
Sample Assessment Map
Unit:
Estimated Days:
Standard(s):
Content (students need to know):
Skills (students need to Bloom’s Level
do):
Summative Assessment:
Formative 1
Formative 2
Formative 3
Big Ideas/Essential Questions (How does this unit apply to a student’s life?)