a rubric used to assess specific outcomes of a students performance
instructionally supportive assesment
using assesment results to guide instuctional practices by teachers
teaching goals methods and procedures
the combination of instructional stratigies ,interpersinal behaviours, and curriculum materials used by teachers to faciliate learning by the student
academic content
ideas and information from diffrent curricuum areas taught to students by teachers
lesson development
all the activities that teachers do in planning delivering and assesning lessons with students
learning assesments
methods and stratigeis used to evaluate student knowledge and performace before during and after a lesson is taught
student learning objectvies
benchmarks goals for what studnets will know or will be able to do after instuction by teachers
understanding by design(UBD)
approach to lesson development where teachers formulate eduring understnaings and essential questions as the basis for teaching, learning and assessment activities with students also called backward design
enduring understanding and essential questions
big ideas and essital concepts taught to students through the understnading by design approach to lesson development
norm referenced tests
tests taht compare a test taker's performace against other test takers of the same age or grade level
critera referenced tests
tests that compare a test taker's performace to as set of specific objectives or standards
electronic grading software
a software program that allows teachers to quickly calculate and record sutdnet grades on a computer