Artifact and Reflection Form
Name: Ella McCarty
Artifact number: 3
Title of artifact: Authentic Assessments
Course number and name: MAT 728/Engaging Learners with Brain Compatible Teaching
Type of artifact: Performance/Hands-on/One-on-one Assessments
Write a brief description of the artifact
The following artifacts are formal and informal assessments I completed to check my
ELL students’ thinking skills. Although I tested all the students, I presented the data from the
ELL students’ scores alone. Assessments were performed in several ways: observations of
students in large and small groups, rubric-based checklists, evaluation of work samples, and
portfolio. The assessments are based on the themes during the weeks of implementation and
assessment: Theme 8-Let’s Move and Theme 9-Growing and Changing. They are also based on
early childhood/Pre-K skills checklist, on the theme/curriculum literacy, math and science goals,
and on early childhood thinking/cognition skills I gathered from my research.
The scoring rubric I used is the same rubric used in the county. The numbers shown in
the Pre-K Scoring Rubric table are the same numbers that teachers input into the report card
system.
Professional and/or Learner Outcomes Represented by this Artifact
Professional
Outcome
 I will use authentic, multiple assessments throughout the day to
gather a variety of data to evaluate student progress on comparing,
classifying, predicting, sequencing, and reasoning skills, and to
better inform instruction.
Learner Outcome
 Students will become active participants in large and small group
work, and in writing activities to enhance comparing, classifying,
predicting, sequencing, and reasoning skills.
Artifact 3-Assessments
Table 1: Pre-K Scoring and Grading Rubric
Grade
Equivalent
Description
Proficient
(P)
Proficient
90-100%
Student demonstrates the skill independently.
In Process
(I)
In Process
70-89%
Student can demonstrate the skill
occasionally/with some assistance.
Needs
Development
(N)
Needs
Development
50-69%
Student cannot demonstrate the skill.
Assessments
Table 2
Comparing Skills Assessment
Table 3
Table 4
Classifying Skills Assessment
Table 5
Table 6
Predicting Skills Assessment
Table 7
Table 8
Sequencing Skills Assessment
Table 9
Table 10 Reasoning Skills Assessment
Table 11
Initial implementation
Post-implementation
Initial implementation
Post-implementation
Initial implementation
Post-implementation
Initial implementation
Post-implementation
Initial implementation
Post-implementation
I. Comparing Skills Assessment
Table 2: Initial Implementation – April 2012
Number of ELL students who received
Comparing
the following scores/grades:
P
I
N
Geometric Shapes
Size and Capacity
Stories
18
18
18
0
0
0
0
0
0
Table 3: Post-implementation – May 2012
Number of ELL students who received
Comparing
the following scores/grades:
P
I
N
Symmetrical Shapes
Weight
Two attributes
18
18
18
0
0
0
0
0
0
II. Classifying Skills Assessment
Table 4: Initial Implementation – April 2012
Number of ELL students who received
Classifying
the following scores/grades:
P
I
N
Geometric Shapes (large group)
Geometric Shapes (individual)
Letters and Words
18
18
18
0
0
0
0
0
0
Table 5: Post-implementation – May 2012
Number of ELL students who received
Classifying
the following scores/grades:
P
I
N
Flower Graph
Letter Sort
Pretend and Learn Center:
Living/Nonliving Things
18
18
18
0
0
0
0
0
0
III. Predicting Skills Assessment
Table 6: Initial Implementation – April 2012
Number of ELL students who received
Predicting
the following scores/grades:
P
I
N
“I’m Going on a Dragon Hunt”
“Look Out, Patrick!”
6
10
7
5
5
3
Table 7: Post-implementation – May 2012
Number of ELL students who received
Predicting
the following scores/grades:
P
I
N
“The Ant and the Chrysalis”
“The Very Hungry Caterpillar”
“Farfallina and Marcel”
“The Caterpillar and the
18
18
16
17
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
Polliwog”
IV. Sequencing Skills Assessment
Table 8: Initial Implementation – April 2012
Number of ELL students who received
Sequencing
the following scores/grades:
P
I
N
Puzzles
Story
7
8
4
5
7
5
Table 9: Post-implementation – May 2012
Number of ELL students who received
Sequencing
the following scores/grades:
P
I
N
Puzzles
Life cycle of a butterfly
Life cycle of plants
Review of life cycles
16
18
18
15
2
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
V. Reasoning Skills Assessment
Table 10: Initial implementation – April 2012
Number of ELL students who received
Reasoning
the following scores/grades:
P
I
N
True or False
Things that Move
5
5
3
4
10
9
Table 11: Post-implementation – May 2012
Number of ELL students who received
Reasoning
the following scores/grades:
P
I
N
Symmetry
True or False
Sorting by 2 attributes
Living/Nonliving things
18
18
17
14
0
0
1
4
0
0
0
0