Student Work Protocol
Purpose
Teachers use the student work protocol to examine the work of students in order
to discover students’ learning strengths and needs and determine how best to
address them through long-term and short-term planning.
When to Use
Working within early release or PCT, use the student work protocol after
administering the beginning-of-year and end-of year assessments as well as the
quarter summative assessments to analyze student work as a means to inform
long-term and short-term planning. Individual teachers can also use the student
work protocol for classroom assessments to inform short-term planning.
How to Use
Select appropriate student work to be analyzed for instructional planning
purposes as well as the criteria for the student work. Analyze the student work to
identify students’ learning strengths and needs. Identify patterns and reflect on
implications for instruction and assessment. Make adjustments to the
instructional plan based on the analysis.
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Student Work Protocol
Teacher(s):
Subject:
Focus Group:
Course:
 Individual Student
Grade:
 Sub-group
Date:
 Whole Class
Content Standards and Common Core State Standards
Which standard(s) is
being assessed?
Standard(s):
Assessment and Criteria
How are students
demonstrating their
learning? What criteria
is being used to assess
student learning?
Task:
Criteria:
Performance Levels of Student Work
What are students’
performance levels?
Write students’ names
in the appropriate
columns and
determine
percentages of class
for each category.
Emerging
___ % of class
Developing
___ % of class
Meeting
___ % of class
Exceeding
___ % of class
Analysis of Student Work: Areas of Strength
Emerging
Developing
Choose a sample of
student work for further
analysis. What
evidence is there of
what students know
and are able to do?
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Meeting
Exceeding
Analysis of Student Work: Areas of Need
Emerging
Developing
Using that same
sample of student
work, what do students
need to move forward
in their learning?
Instructional Planning
Based on your analysis
of student work, what
are some next steps to
move all students
forward in their
learning? How will
students have multiple
opportunities to access
and demonstrate their
learning?
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Meeting
Exceeding