Designing Assessment Tasks
NTI
March 2015
Learning Target
• I can create assessment tasks that align with
focused sets of targets.
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This is the next step in the process after
bundling standards, identifying a compelling
topic and choosing a complex text.
We will engage in one of the ways that the
curriculum writers engaged with when designing
assessments but that there may be other, jus as
effective methods for designing assessments.
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Building Background
• Form a triad.
• Locate the Designing Assessments Video
Notecatcher in your notebooks, pp.56-57.
• Take a moment to scan the notecatcher.
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Jigsaw
• Member 1: Complete reflections for Key Ideas
#1 and #2
• Member 2: Complete reflections for Key Ideas
#3 and #4
• Member 3: Complete reflections for Key Ideas
#5 and #6
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Video
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Share
• Share your reflections from your assigned
rows of the notecatcher with your triad.
• After each participant shares, the two other
members of the triad should each take one
minute to respond to the presenter’s thoughts.
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Assessment Design Task Card
• Regroup into teams of 4 for this next section.
• Locate the Assessment Design Task Card(s), pp. 5859.
• Take 2-3 minutes to read through the task card. Tag
supplemental documents that you will need in your
notebooks; documents located on pp. 62-80.
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Preparing for the Task
• Select the roles indicated at the top of the task
card.
• As you are working through the task card, the
facilitators in the room will be supporting the
process.
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If you are moving along at the suggested pace without any
issues, display the green cup on top.
If you are having some questions, but can continue the
work, display the yellow cup on top.
If they are at a complete stand still and can not continue
the process, display the red cup on top.
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Go!
• Begin completing the steps on the task card.
• It is important that all groups complete the
process because in Session 5, we will be
offering colleagues feedback about their
assessment questions.
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Synthesis
• Locate the Assessment Design Reflection
document, p. 81.
• Take a few minutes to quietly reflect and
synthesize your learning.
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