--Assessment+Examples

=Video examples of ongoing assessment used in differentiated classrooms=
 * See videos about Continuous Improvement at Differentiation Central.**

[|An Introduction to Comprehensive Assessment] Performance-based evaluation is a real-world improvement on the artificial measures of paper-and-pencil testing. [|How Differentiated Instruction and Formative Assessment Work at Forest Lake Elementary] Educators use frequent formative assessments to determine the needs of each student at Forest Lake Elementary School, and then leveragetechnologyto tap into their learning styles. [|Strategic Goals: Formative + Summative = Rigor] Rigorous expectations yield impressive results at New York's School of the Future, where regular assessments help keep students on track, and teachers strive to tap into students' true interests to bring out their best work. [|Comprehensive Assessment: A New York City Success Story] Through constant investment in the assessment process, both students and teachers strive for true learning at School of the Future, a 6-12 school in Manhattan. [|A School Commits to Academic Rigor] Project learning, integrated studies, and comprehensive assessment support a drive to achieve high academic standards.
 * At Edutopia, see videos about Comprehensive Assessment; students having multiple ways to show what they know and assessing all parts of their learning.**

My Favorite No 8th grade, math, warm up routine
 * More videos about assessment are at the Teaching Channel.**

You will need a username and password for this site, please see your principal if you do not already know those. First, go to the PD360 site, log in, click on the "pd videos" link toward the bottom of the screen, then scroll through the menu to find the videos below. You will need a username and password for this site. If you or someone in your group is a member of ASCD, they should have these. [|Balanced Assessment: Using a Range of Assessment Tools]This program demonstrates how teachers use a variety of assessment tools to go beyond the "snapshot approach" of standardized tests and create a "photo album" of student growth. [|Formative Assessment in Content Areas: Middle School] Classroom scenes in this program show formative assessments in middle school science, mathematics, Spanish, and history. [|How to Informally Assess Student Learning] A crucial element for teachers to know in every class is who among their students is ready to move on and who needs additional help. Here's a video program that explores informal assessment techniques teachers can use for any grade level and subject area. [|The Power of Formative Assessment: Strategies for Checking for Understanding] Move your school closer to integrating the teaching-learning-assessment process to improve student achievement in all grades and subjects with ideas and examples from this program. [|Using Classroom Assessment to Guide Instruction: The Assessment Instruction Link] The Assessment-Instruction Link takes teachers into classrooms to see how they can modify instruction based on what they learn from classroom assessments. Actual teachers explain why it's important to assess students frequently, how they decide which assessment techniques to use, and how they cope with time-management challenges. [|Using Classroom Assessment to Guide Instruction: Techniques for Classroom Assessment] Techniques for Classroom Assessment introduces teachers to proven assessment techniques and explains the importance of using daily assessments to guide instruction. [|The Common Sense of Differentiation: Discovering Learner Needs]In just about every classroom, teachers find students with a wide range of exceptionalities--students with one or more learning problems, students with various degrees of English language proficiency, students with different interests, students who are very advanced, and students without a label but whose learning needs are just as unique. Explore how can teachers face this challenge and meet such a variety of student learning needs.
 * PD360 contains many videos about assessment and its link to differentiation.**
 * ASCD has produced many videos linked with their books and other products, they are online at PD InFocus.**

Margaret Heritage: The Process of AfL - Learning Goals & Success Criteria Margaret Heritage: AfL - Making Decisions Based on Evidence Margaret Heritage: Using the Evidence
 * Iowa's AEAs have collected videos from Iowa Classrooms at EduVision hosted at AEA 11.**

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 * You Tube is always a place to check for any topic.**