Day 4
Thursday, 3/20/25, 9 am - 12 pm, Osiaol
New groupings
Admin Group: Lynn, Susan, Sinta, Nelly, Principal, Edwel
?? Group:
- What is the purpose of assessment?
- To know student understanding of subject matter
- Teacher self assess teaching mehtods
- Identify areas of student strengths and weaknesses
- Why did the ROP introduce IOWA?
- Student Achievement
- Student Learning
- Needed an external test
- Assess the school
- Compare to international standard
- How is assessment related to the four values (Respect, Responsibility, Concern for Others, Integrity).
- Fr. Arthur: If student is doing well, they are responsible and have integrity
- How does assement help with Discipline?
Remember that the things we do in assessment must be linkable up the hierarchy (eg., to mission, to WASC criteria, etc)
Exercise: extract indicators from page 23 E. Student profile
Values of Respect, Responsibility, Concern for Others, Integrity
- Respect
- Takes care of property
- Takes care of persons
- Fulfills obligations to others
- Responsibility
- fulfillment of assignments
- observation of rules
- orrenges a tekoi
- Concern for Others
- sharing (time and resources)
- show sympathy
- Integrity
- truthfullness/honesty
- keeps promises
Are these values connected with the parents today?
Discussion around the table was that yes, parents believe in the four values of Respect, Responsibility, Concern for Others, Integrity
Assessment info from WASC Criteria
- measurement of each student's progress toward the schooowide learner outcoems and academic standards.
- regular evaluation, modification, and improvement of curriculum and instrucitonal approaches,
- allocation of resources
Discussion of the grading system
- 65-100, F-A, 0-4.0 Scale; There are other systems out there
- What are the reasons for choosing a particular scale
- In the handbook, the scale is related to mastery of subject matter
- Effort and Behavior is ranked U, NI, S, C. MOE uses U, S, O. Which one makes sense for us?
- The weights given to different assessment activities (quiz, test, etc). Still make sense now?
- Adding participation as one of the assessment activities.
- Note: In the 60's, homework, classwork, etc., were the norm. Now those are considered participation.
Closing thoughts
What new knowledge did you learn in the last four days?
Did the process achieve the answers to the questions?
What other topics would you have liked to be included?