Goals for Future

Goals for Future

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1. Implement plan of achieving assessment literacy in certain classes
2. Document results
3. Continue to implement plan
4. Prepare presentation

Progress

Progress

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I talked to the teacher we are working with and she agreed to help us. We arent going to be doing this for tests because it isnt fair if we are only doing this for one class at the time. I really hope we get good results and it's looking good for right now. I will be coming up with a review assignment and my teacher is making the quiz. After the review I will ask the other students how they feel about the process.

Project Update

Project Update

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We will be meeting with a teacher soon to discuss them implementing the progess. I have high hopes about this going well but there are no promises being made just yet, new information will be coming soon .

Visual Representation Of Assessment Literacy

Visual Representation Of Assessment Literacy

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Awaiting a Response

Awaiting a Response

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We sent out an email to the teacher we had hoped to work with, she hasnt responded yet. If she doesnt soon we will set our to contact her in person. Here is the email we sent her...

I have been working on a program in my Critical Thinking class that I would like to implement into your curriculum, specifically in the Accelerated Geometry M218 course. My groupmates and I have devised a plan that draws some of the key aspects of assessment literacy and introduces them into the classroom in order to improve student achievement. The possession of knowledge about the basic principles of sound assessment practice, including terminology, and the development and use skils. A few articles that could help you learm more about this topic are: Is Assessment Literacy The Magic Bullet, Response to Assessment Feedback: The Effects of Grades, Praise, and Source of Information Classroom Assessment. Our problem is that not all students are achieving as much as they would like to in many of their classes, specifically math. Our plan of action to diminish this problem is to implement a system of Assessment Literacy in the classroom, which will provide students with a broader insight into how they are doing in the class and what they need to do to improve these grades. Basically we want to make a program in which when a sudent takes a test and recieves an unsatisfactory grade, by school or personal standards, they will be able to come in to meet with someone to re-learn the topic. Preferably we would like to make the teacher the one with the most communication but the Student Sucess Center is a viable alternative. Students who put in the effort and show progress in the re-learning process will be able to take a new test on the same topics and earn a higher grade. There are more specifics that we could discuss if you would like to help us out in implementing this program.

If you would like more information on the goal of our project, please visit our group blog located at

http://literacyinassessment.blogspot.com/

Thank you for considering helping us with our project!

If she doesnt want to work with us we have three other teachers that are easily availible options to continue with. 

Results Of Our Survey, In Graph Form!

Results Of Our Survey, In Graph Form!

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Re-Answering The Rubric

Re-Answering The Rubric

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The Rubric

-Identification of Environmental or Logistical Problem (10%)
What are the negative effects of the The Problem

-Task: You will identify an environmental or logistical problem within the school that your group will attempt to solve/provide an alternate procedural

• Environmental: the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, orinfluences; surroundings; milieu.
• Logistics: the planning, implementation, and coordination of the details of a business or other operation.

Our problem is that not all students are achieving as much as they would like to in many of their classes, specifically math.

Our plan of action to diminish this problem is to implement a system of Assessment Literacy in the classroom, which will provide students with a broader insight into how they are doing in the class and what they need to do to improve these grades.

-Impact: Who is most affected by the problem? How does this affect the daily school environment?

• Despite drawbacks is your project “worth it”

• Who does this plan affect
• what does it do
• how can you change your problem to lessen these problems.

Drawbacks:

Peers may not be as accepting of the grades that students achieve after applying themselves prior to the formal assessment process. -> Keeping the option open for students who regularly score well on tests may lessen their anger

Students may be to lazy to apply themselves to get the better grade-> after realization that they arent doing well without it, students may be more willing to apply themselves.

Students may use this program to carry themselves to a higher grade without necessarily putting in as much work as their peers. This could also skew the results of the grading system, giving too many people A's for free. In turn, the student would have to work as hard, if not harder, the second time around to recieve the A that they may or may not deserve.

This problem affects any students who wish to improve their grades by any measure. 

We will be giving these students a way to achieve higher than they would have, given the current assessment process.


-Project Presentations-Final exam time time of first semester

• problem
• how does the problem affect the school
• describe the environment/people impacted
• research the problem/solution

This problem affects the school by making tests, and quizes more accomidating to students who are willing to put in more effort to achieve higher grades. 

This problem affects students who may not test well, be having a bad day, or just did badly for whatever reason, and are willing to put in more work to earn higher grades.


-State Hypothesis (5%)

• measurable
• creative thinking
• has been developed

If a process of assessment literacy is implemented in our school, then the students who choose to utilize it will be able to earn better grades. 

-Plan and Design (25%)

• thoughtfully articulated plan
• timeline (by when do you need to do what)
• steps
• necessary resources (what you need, info collected)
• proposed methodology
• anticipated results
• data collection
• originality in planning and design of project
• use of eco-friendly and sustainable materials
• group roles are clearly defined
• all team members participate

Timeline:

1. Set plan of what we need to contact teachers with

2. Contact teachers

3. Set up times for the program

4. Contact students

5. Begin process

6. Gauge student opinion

7. Adapt if necessary

8. Display Findings

9. ???

10. Profit!

-Analyze and Provide Results (20%)

• describe and analyze quantitative and qualitative data
• reference how hypothesis impacted problem

-Conclusion (20%)

• how well do you describe the learned and impact
• was solution innovative
• how does project describe results and challenges

-Share (15%)

• how do you inform others
• did others become involved
• creative communication
• reccomend other communitiy benefits/challenges

-Global Impact (5%)

• describe implications
• how to implicate

Group Deliberations