Develop a Strong Learning Partnership With Students
Final Thoughts
Questions for Reflection
Architecture
Student Response
Personal Response
Recognizing Hard Edges in Formative Assessment and Feedback
Softening the Edges of Formative Assessment and Feedback
Self-Assessment and Goal Setting
Understanding Self-Assessment
Developing Strong Self-Assessment Practices
Supporting Self-Assessment
Revisit the Learning Continuum
Facilitate Key Components of Self-Assessment
Clarify the Benefits of Self-Assessment
Consider Subskills Students May Need to Develop
Final Thoughts
Questions for Reflection
Architecture
Student Response
Personal Response
Recognizing Hard Edges in Self-Assessment and Goal Setting
Softening the Edges of Self-Assessment and Goal Setting
Understanding Summative Assessment
Designing Strong Summative Assessments
Determine Indicators of Proficiency
Determine How to Assess
Ensure Reliability
Ensure Clarity When Sharing Results With Students
Understanding Redemonstration
Conflicting Evidence
Invalid Assessment
Student Growth
Facilitating Student and Adult Buy-In
Final Thoughts
Questions for Reflection
Architecture
Student Response
Personal Response
Recognizing Hard Edges in Summative Assessment
Softening the Edges of Summative Assessment
Understanding Reporting
Designing Effective Reporting Systems
Ensure Alignment
Support and Report Behavioral Growth
Make a Strong Professional Judgment
Determine How to Report Results
Share Learning Stories
Develop Clarity
Final Thoughts
Questions for Reflection
Architecture
Student Response
Personal Response
Recognizing Hard Edges in Reporting
Softening the Edges of Reporting
About the Author
Katie White is coordinator of learning for the North East School Division in Saskatchewan, Canada, and an educational consultant. With more than twenty years in education, she has been a district and in-school administrator, a learning coach, and a K–12 classroom teacher.
Katie was an integral part of her school division’s multi-year journey through renewed curricula and standards-based assessment and reporting. She helps develop and utilize strong assessment and grading practices that support teaching and learning in classrooms. Her focus is on helping educators develop a personalized understanding of the connections among curriculum, assessment, and instruction. She has developed multiple supports for teachers and administrators as well as facilitators of school-based professional learning. She is a co-moderator of the All Things Assessment (#ATAssess) Twitter chat and a frequent contributor to the All Things Assessment blog (http://allthingsassessment.info/blog).
Katie received a bachelor of education and master of education in curriculum studies from the University of Saskatchewan.
To learn more about Katie’s work, visit www.kwhiteconsulting.com or follow @KatieWhite426 on Twitter.
To book Katie White for professional development, contact [email protected].
Foreword
By Cassandra Erkens
As educators, we have often heard about the art and science of teaching, but we have seldom considered the art and science of assessing. If anything, assessment has been a largely clinical task, shrouded in technical discussions, and a predominantly scientific endeavor laced with designing perfect prompts, gathering sufficient evidence, triangulating data, validating inferences, monitoring for controls and variables, and drawing accurate conclusions. But in Softening the Edges: Assessment Practices That Honor K–12 Teachers and Learners, author Katie White masterfully reshapes the