Section outline

  • Our focus is to concrete in a common understanding/definition of Effective Assessment/Assessment for Learning, to discuss why this is important and understand where it fits in the model of education in 21st Century.

    Activities:

    1. Make links to last weeks session - share the critique of the classes prior knowledge
    2. Common definition/understanding: what does it look like for the student? What does it look like for the teacher?
    3. Where does Effective Assessment fit in a model of 21st century education? Why is effective assessment important? Ken Robinson - Changing Paradigms in Education

    Resources:

    Definitions of Effective Assessment from TKI

    Video - Ken Robinson