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=Module 5: Assessing Student Projects=


 * What will we do?**
 * Explore how rubrics, scoring guides, and checklists can be used to assess 21st century skills, content learning, and higher-order thinking
 * Plan your assessments
 * Create an assessment using the Intel Education Assessing Projects application
 * Revise your student sample
 * Check all of your documents for consistency in meeting your unit objectives
 * Pair and Share**
 * Share your student samples with your Pair/Share group.
 * Request specific feedback from group members
 * Follow the steps for the Pair and Share on pp. 5.01-5.02.

Activity 2: Step 2, Planning an Assessment for My Student Sample Activity 2: Step 3, Creating an Assessment for My Student Sample
 * Pedagogical Practices: Involving Students in the Assessment Process**
 * We will use the Engage Community group for this activity.
 * Create a document in the Engage Community group following the sample published in the document section.
 * Choose a reporter to record the group responses in the document.
 * Review documents created by other groups and add suggestions for solutions.
 * Reflecting on Assessment in Your Classroom**
 * Do the self-assessment on p. 5.05-5.06.
 * Where do you see areas for improvement? You may want to note one or two in the space provided on p. 5.06.
 * Reviewing Assessment Plans**
 * You will review teacher-created assessment plans to find ideas for your own assessment plan.Look at the samples by going to [] and click on Assessment Plans.
 * As you look at the samples, consider any strategies that apply to the areas that you want to focus on.
 * Follow steps 3-6 on p. 5.07.
 * Activity 2: Step 1, Creating Student Assessments**
 * Read and complete the steps for Activity 2, pp. 5.08-5.10.
 * By the end of activity 2 you will have created the first draft of your Assessment Summary using the information from you Assessment Planning Table and the Assessment Timeline.
 * Open your student sample and think about
 * What concepts, skills, and knowledge will be assssed?
 * How will the CFQs be assessed?
 * What higher-order thinking skills will be assessed?
 * What 21st century skills will be assessed?
 * Work through the tables on pp. 5.11-5.12 in planning the assessment for your student sample
 * Read through the information on p. 5.13
 * Using the Assessing Projects Application
 * Go to []
 * Click Try It tab to view an animated overview and learn how to use the application
 * Return to []
 * Sign into the workspace.
 * Use the Assessing Projects application to create an assessment of your student sample.
 * Export your assessment to your assessment folder in your Portfolio folder
 * Revisit your Unit Plan (p. 5.16)**
 * Do a self-review of your Unit Plan and any supporting documentation you have created so far.
 * Revise any areas that need modification based upon peer feedback and new ideas that have occurred to you. Use checklists to help you self-assess your unit.
 * Module 5 Reflection**
 * Return to the Engage Community group blog and respond to the Module 5 Reflection prompt.