Module 4: Additional Resources

Monitoring Student Learning

  • “Monitoring”: This two-page article goes deeper into the importance of monitoring student learning, exploring (a) when to monitor, (b) purposes of monitoring, and (c) how to monitor. Practical examples are provided. Tips are also provided on how to organize the classroom in order to allow for easy monitoring of student learning.
    https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/monitoring
  • “Monitoring Class Activities”: This 2-3 page blog explores ideas on how to monitor unobtrusively. It explores how to monitor in order to check activity, assess language and/or skills, and tips on what a teacher should be listening for.
    https://elt-resourceful.com/2013/05/22/monitoring-class-activities/
  • “A Favorite Formative Assessment: The Exit Slip”: This 1-page article from Edutopia explains what an exit slip is and provides four examples of how it can effectively be used to enhance student learning and check for student understanding.
    https://www.edutopia.org/blog/formative-assessment-exit-slip-rebecca-alber
  • Progress Monitoring as Essential Practice Within Response to Intervention: This brief article, outlines the role of ongoing progress monitoring probes, as a necessary feature of a well-designed Response to Intervention (RTI) Framework.
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  • Formative Assessments For Students with Disabilities: This lengthy article has some great tips of scaffolding formative assessments for students with disabilities.
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Sharing Assessment Criteria with Students

  • “Sharing Learning Targets & Criteria for Success”: This article from ASCD explores why it is important to share the learning outcomes and assessment criteria with students prior to completing an assessment. In addition, several figures and worksheets are provided that could be used as tools for K-12 teachers when sharing assessment criteria with students. Strategies for sharing assessment criteria include questioning, providing examples, using rubrics, and other techniques.
    http://www.ascd.org/publications/books/109031/chapters/Leveling-the-Playing-Field@-Sharing-Learning-Targets-and-Criteria-for-Success.aspx
  • “Involving Students in Assessment Conversations”: This 1 page blog touches on the importance of engaging students in transparent conversation regarding the standard they will be learning, making the learning outcome known from the beginning. This Blog (The Bera Blog) also has links to other sources and topics of current educational issues that may be of interest and help.
    https://www.bera.ac.uk/blog/involving-students-in-assessment-conversations

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