Pre-Knowledge Check: Assessment Capable Learners

Assessment capable learners can answer all of the following questions, except:

Where am I going?

How can I measure the gap between where I am now and where I want to go?

Where am I now?

How can I close the gap between where I am now and where I want to go?

All of the following are benefits for students learning to become assessment capable learners, except:

Growth in their confidence as a learner

Increase in motivation to do well

Increase in their achievement

Better grades

When teaching students to become assessment capable learners, teachers should:

Involve students in the development of rubrics

Identify proficient criteria for students

Engage students in self-reflection on a minimum of once weekly

Focus on multiple aspects of learning to work on at one time

In a classroom that promotes assessment capable learners, self-assessment is used as a way for students to:

Identify and focus on their weaknesses

Make a plan for continued learning

Make judgments about the ways the teachers helps students learn.

Compare themselves to their peers

Descriptive feedback is...

For the students

For the students and the teachers

For grading purposes

For the teachers

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