Performance tasks (also referred to as authentic assessment) are essential to determining student understanding. Assessment does not necessarily equate to "test" so educators must learn to extract important data to inform teaching and learning from a variety of sources and formats. Ideally this would include several types of assessment given throughout the learning experience from pre-assessments, informal and formal checks for understanding, formative assessments, student reflections, as well as summative assessments. not so that we teach to the test, but that we teach the content in such a way that when students are assessed ( along the way/at the end) we will know what students have learned and what they can do with that learning.Ī balanced assessment plan is preferable because it provides a "scrapbook" of evidence as to the progress and depth of student understanding.
So assessment becomes an important piece of the planning puzzle. Determining what students will know and be able to do before the unit is taught improves the chances that the strategies and activities we plan have the greatest impact on achieving the desired results. Understanding by Design involves planning with a framework of three stages: Desired Results, Assessment Evidence, and the Learning Plan. So if we do this with our house (and would expect nothing less) then why don't we do this with our unit and lesson planning (curriculum) for our students? Your lender would require you to include a materials list, specify the builder, determine when you expect for it to be done, estimate how much it will cost, and identify obstacles or revisions might occur. You wouldn't consider building your house before you had a plan as to what it will look like, what progress you expect to see, a timeline for that progress, and what order you will build it in. The basic premise of backwards design is "to begin with the end in mind." It is the major pillar in Wiggins & McTighe's Understanding by Design Framework. It has been around a long time and used in every aspect of life.
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