NCTE Assessment Story Project 2015

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The NCTE Task Force on Assessment invites you to complete the 5-question survey below so we can learn from teachers

(1) about their uses of literacy assessment(s) and
(2) about the impact of assessment on them and their students.

This survey should take no more than 10 minutes to complete; your response will help us represent the views of classroom teachers to many, including legislators, the media, school administrators, education reformers, and other teachers.

Thank you very much for your help.

By completing this survey, you agree to the use of your writing in whole or in part in any NCTE communications.

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You may use my first name. (Below)

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First name. (Optional)

Please give us a little background on your current school experience.

Select the category of students you work with most:

K-5

6-8

9-12

College

Choose all that apply to your school:

Well-funded

Under-resourced

High-achieving

Low-performing

Urban

Rural

Suburban

In your responses below, please be as specific as possible. Narratives will be most helpful.

1. Assessing learning is something teachers do daily as they strive to meet the needs of their students. Teachers use many forms of assessment and employ many different terms to describe it, including formative assessment, classroom assessments, direct assessments, daily assessment, summative assessment, high- stakes assessment, multiple choice tests, standardized tests, exit slips, and portfolios--in addition to many others. Please share an example of (a) how you as a classroom teacher use assessment to evaluate your students’ literacy learning and (b) how this use of assessment helps you teach more effectively.

2. Please check all the following assessments that you use in your teaching:

Classroom

Formative

High-stakes

Summative

Exit Slips

Standardized

Daily

Multiple Choice

Portfolios

Other:

Choose one kind of assessment above that you find especially useful as a classroom teacher and explain how it is useful to you and/or your students.

3. How might families and other community members be informed about assessment and involved in decision making around assessment? If you and/or your school already engage in such practices, please tell us about that as well.

4. What assessments--other than standardized tests--might we design to ensure that all students across all districts are succeeding and that schools have the data they need to improve? In your view, what might such an alternative assessment be, and how might/does it work?

5. Please tell us about a time when the results of a standardized test EITHER undermined OR enhanced the information you had gained through other types of assessments.

OPTIONAL: if you have other thoughts about literacy assessment that you'd like to share, please include them here:

If you are willing to be contacted for follow-up information, please provide your email.

THANKS AGAIN!

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