Purpose of Assessment

Before we launch into our first series on Assessment Methods, we wanted to take a moment to explore just what the purpose of assessment is.  After an odd-but-hopefully-insightful potty-training analogy, each host shares a different model for what assessment means: A hamburger, the latin roots of the word, and a three-legged stool.  We then chat about what these models reveal about assessment.

You can learn more about this topic and send in questions for the hosts at www.wcpss.net/datalit.

Resources from the episode:

• Chen, M. (2007, February 02). Assessment: Time to Put It in Context. Retrieved from https://www.edutopia.org/time-put-assessment-context
  
• Drost, B. (2016, October 15). Sitting Beside the Learner: The 'Me' in Assessments. Retrieved from https://achievethecore.org/aligned/sitting-beside-the-learner-the-me-in-assessments/
  
• Torres, C. (2019). Assessment as an Act of Love. ASCD, 61(1), 2nd ser. Retrieved from http://www.ascd.org/publications/newsletters/education-update/feb19/vol61/num02/Assessment-as-an-Act-of-Love.aspx
  

Hosts: Mellisa Smith, Serena Halstead, and Spencer Ziegler

Data, Research, and Accountability department for the Wake County Public School System