Assessment Strategies Resource and Lesson Plan

As a teacher, it is important to understand that assessment is not a separate entity from instruction but an integral part of it. Assessment helps teachers determine whether the goals of education are being met and ultimately should be used to inform instruction. Gathering relevant assessment data and knowing how to use it is an important skill for a teacher to have.

 

For this 2-part assessment, you will create a resource that includes your analysis of different types of assessments and their purpose. You will then apply your understanding of the different types of assessments by developing a lesson plan that incorporates a few of those types of assessments. In your lesson plan, you will describe assessment strategies, including how you would use the assessment data to inform instruction, differentiate instruction, and provide continuous feedback to support and evaluate student learning.

Assessment Deliverable
Part 1: Assessment Resource
Imagine you have been asked by your principal to help the first-year teachers in your grade level understand the differences and importance of assessments in instructional planning.

Create at least a 1-page resource (e.g., infographic, chart, etc.) in which you analyze the different types of assessments and their purpose. Address the following topics with a description of each, its purpose, and an example:

Formative and summative assessments
Product and performance-based assessments
Achievement tests
Uses of assessment data

Part 2: Lesson Plan
Your principal has also asked you to develop a sample lesson plan for the first-year teachers with examples of assessments and assessment strategies, including how you would use the assessment data to inform future instruction, differentiate instruction, and provide continuous feedback to support and evaluate student learning.

Note: You may not use a lesson plan from an already published source.

Choose an elementary grade level (K–6) and academic content area (e.g., math, language arts, science, etc.) for your lesson plan.

Consider reviewing the Interactive Lesson Plan module to view an example of a completed lesson plan. Do not copy or use this lesson plan as your own.

Use the Lesson Plan Template provided to complete your lesson plan. The Lesson Plan Template will serve as a guide where you will outline essential lesson plan components, including standards, goals/objectives, resources and technology, instructional procedures and activities, differentiation strategies, and assessment strategies to support and evaluate student learning.