Essential assessment actions for local district leadership teams rick stiggins founder, assessment training institute. The four categories of learning targets are knowledge targets, which are the facts and concepts we want students to know. Rick stiggins educational testing service portland oregon page 2 reliable assessment in the world that has a counterproductive impact on the learning or on students cannot be regarded as a highquality assessment. In math, a knowledge target might be to recognize and describe patterns. Target accurate effective use design design features select a proper method available assessment methods selected response written response essay performance assessment direct personal interaction dr. Learning target accuracy in classroom assessment requires matching the kinds of learning targets to. Part i introduction to studentinvolved assessment for learning classroom assessment strategies and methods. Rick stiggins educational testing service portland oregon reliable assessment in the world that has a counterproductive impact on the learning or on students cannot be regarded as a highquality assessment. Teach students to selfassess and set goals for learning. Assessment for learning there is another way in which assessments can contribute to the development of effective schools, one that has been largely ignored. Our learning target for today i canwrite clear learning targets this means i am able to identify standards for instruction. Both assessment of learning and assessment for learning are essential.
Written by rick stiggins, assessment training institute, in consultation with the team representing the united states at the etsassessment training. Doing it rightusing it well is a combination textbook and workbook grounded in research shown to increase student motivation and learning through improved classroom assessment. Doing it rightusing it well 2006, and understanding school assessmenta parent and community guide to helping. Jan 11, 2016 students can hit any target that they know about and that stands still for them rick stiggins. Students who can identify what they are learning significantly outscore those who cannot. Teachers choose assessment methods that match intended learning targets. The latest information for the education practitioner. Setting goals leads to increased student achievement. Rick stiggins was trained as a traditional educational measurement specialist at michigan state university, one of the united states strongest centers of graduate psychometric training. Daily learning targets are what the student is suppose to learn when they do the activities. When designing an effective learning target, teachers have to distill the essential knowledge, skills, andor reasoning for the lesson. D reasoning targets inference inductive and deductive a reasonable guess based on information or clues analysis.
In 2001, my husband steve and i joined rick stiggins and judy arter at the assessment training institute in portland, oregon. Rick stiggins founded the assessment training institute ati in 1992 to provide muchneeded professional development in assessment for teachers and school leaders. Rick stiggins west virginia department of education. Time 4560 minutes can be broken into two parts, with the second part beginning at step 5. For this key to quality, its important to know the learning targets represented in the written curriculum. From formative assessment to assessment for learning. Chappuis is author of seven strategies of assessment for learning 2009, learning team facilitator handbook 2007, and coauthor of creating and recognizing quality rubrics 2006, classroom assessment for student learning. An introduction to studentinvolved assessment for learning 6th edition stiggins, rick j. Apr 02, 2012 this is a video of rick stiggins explaining the difference between assessment of learning and assessment for learning.
The learning targets are clear and linked to every part of the formative assessment process. The foundation of good teaching 45 assessments that happen in a students learning life happen in the classroom on a daytoday basis at the behest of their teachers, and that 100 percent of those that are likely to help students learn more happen in the classroom. This books focus on using classroom tests for students learning rather than as tests of students learning is a helpful reminder. Oct 21, 2015 rick stiggins seattle school board october 21, 2015. Rick stiggins is the retired founder and president of the assessment training institute in portland, oregon, a professional development firm helping educators face the challenges of daytoday classroom assessment in the context of truly balanced assessment systems. Provide an understandable vision of the learning target. Our primary text, classroom assessment for student learning. Collectively and in various combinations, the four of us have written a series of books aimed at improving teachers classroom assessment practice. Provide a clear statement of the learning target 2. Classroom assessment for student learning 3 we usually think of this as informal, rather than formal assessment in which results are recorded for later use. Download an introduction to student involved assessment for learning 6th edition.
Rick dufour is an education author and consultant on the implementation of the professional learning community concept in districts and schools. Rick stiggins rick stiggins is founder and director of the ets assessment training institute in portland, oregon. O how does it fit into a comprehensive balanced assessment system. Atis flagship program, classroom assessment for student learning, provides a multimedia, collaborative, and handson way for teachers to become competent, confident, classroom assessors. Students can hit any target they can see that holds still for them. They appear within and at the end of chapters, and include the following. Assessment for learning 7th edition jan chappuis, rick stiggins on. Ati can help assessment users at all levels learn how to a create highquality assessments, and b use them in the service of student success. The objective in this case is to rely on interim, benchmark. Assessment manifesto the council of school superintendents.
An introduction to studentinvolved assessment for learning by rick. Principle 4 clear and appropriate targets are essential. Rick stiggins was trained as a traditional educational measurement specialist at michigan state university, one of the united states. Teach students to selfassess and set goals how can i close the gap. This is a video of rick stiggins explaining the difference between assessment of learning and assessment for learning. The absence of assessment for learning if we wish to maximize student achievement in the u. Provide a clear and understandable vision of the learning target. Assessment methodsa menu of options by rick stiggins. It is a promise that we will use assessment, not to punish or reward, but to guide them on their learning journey. Session topics o what is the formative assessment process. For instance, an accurate score that has the effect of causing a student to give up in. Know what kind of standard it is and its component parts.
It describes exactly how well we expect them to learn it and how we will ask them to demonstrate that learning. The topic of assessment and the way we assess student learning has moved to the forefront. Use results to guide team planning for improvement. She is also a coauthor of creating a culture for learning published by just ask. All those activities undertaken by teachers and by their students that provide information to be used as feedback to modify the teaching and learning activities in which they are engaged. Writing clear learning targets university of missouri. Case studies that ask you to confront realworld classroom assessment dilemmas and use what you are learning to find solutions.
Reproductions supplied by edrs are the best that can be. Rick stiggins is the founder of assess ment training. Stigginss most popular book is classroom assessment for student learning. Assessment for learning is a gift we give our students. Teachers need to think about what students learned in the previous lesson, what students will need to learn in the current lesson, and where the students are headed in subsequent lessons.
Rick stiggins highlights for benefits of assessment for learning. Activities are methods teachers use to help students achieve a learning target. Reproductions supplied by edrs are the best that can be made. But one is currently in place, and the other is not. Knowing your learning target educational leadership. How do we write learning targets to assess students. What has been my experience writing and using learning targets. Written by rick stiggins, assessment training institute, in consultation with the team representing the. The modules are based on the work of rick stiggins, jan chappuis, steve chappuis, and judith arter, leading experts in the field. This means the classroom instruction is standards driven, not activity driven. The recent change in the mission of schools has clouded this tradition al view of the. This is a video of rick stiggins explaining the difference between assessment. Doing it right using it well 2nd edition assessment training institute.
Stiggins a real voyage of discovery consists not of seeking new landscapes but of seeing through new eyes. This userfriendly, practical book is full of realworld examples of what assessment for learning looks like in todays classrooms. An introduction to studentinvolved assessment for learning 6th edition. This requires that we, their teachers, also have a clear vision of the learning targets we want our students to reach. Stiggins has 24 books on goodreads with 1015 ratings.
Factoring student growth into teacher evaluation rick stiggins founder, assessment training institute. Classroom assessment practices that promote learning. Essential assessment actions for local district leadership teams rick stiggins. Pdf using studentinvolved classroom assessment to close. Clear targets and learning methods if you dont know where you are headed, youll probably end up someplace else. Essential assessment actions for local district leadership teams. Rick stiggins seattle school board october 21, 2015. For instance, an accurate score that has the effect of causing a student to give up in hopelessness cannot be regarded as a quality.
The best way to share a learning target is to design activities and assignmentsperformances of understandingthat provide the strongest evidence of where each student is in relation to todays learning target moss. Doing it right using it well 2nd edition assessment training institute, inc. An introduction to studentinvolved assessment for learning. Volume vi, issue i download pdf subscribe heather clayton, the author of making the standards come alive. It is a mirror we hold up to show them how far they have come. However, as long as the learning target and criteria for judging response quality.