Learner Centered Assessment

This Learner Centered Assessment was created so students can engage in self assessment . This assessment was designed with the PDSA model in mind. (P-plan, D-do, S-study, A-act) 

Planning Phase-  The purpose of having students evaluate their work and use self-assessment is to get them to reflect on their learning and think about how they could improve it. The objective is for students to reflect and then revise their writing to see an improvement in their overall score.

Do Phase-  Students have written their narrative, and they are now analyzing their narrative and thinking about how they could improve it. They are revising the areas that they need to revise.

Study Phase-   I will look at the results to determine if I see growth in students writing. Some questions I will consider are:

Are there common areas that I see multiple student mistakes?

 In those areas, do I need to revise how I described the criteria to paint a clearer picture of my expectations?

Should I make changes to the rubric?

Should I let students check over each other’s writing instead of their own?

Did students make changes to their writing? 

Did the assessment lead to student reflection?

Act Phase- Now that I have analyzed student data to determine if the self assessment led to strong learner outcomes, I can take the necessary next steps. Some questions I may ask myself are:

What should I teach my students next based on their results?

Should I use this assessment again?

Should I make changes based on student performance on the assessment?

The assessment directions are below. It is based off of fourth grade social studies and writing standards. In this unit of study, students learned about the American Revolutionary War and will now write an imaginative narrative that's setting takes place during the era of the American Revolutionary War.

 Directions: Write an imaginative narrative that includes a setting and character from the years of the American Revolutionary war. This character should face a hardship. Clearly articulate the character’s problem revolving around the content you learned about the Revolutionary War. Make sure there is a solution or ending to the character’s problem. Then check over your work to make sure that you have included all of the requirements for the assignment to receive full credit.

Assessment Rubric:

I have included all of the following narrative elements including: characters, setting, problem, solution, ending and dialogue using quotation marks properly. 10 points possible I have included an introduction that clearly states who, did what, where, when and why. 10 points possible I have written five indented paragraphs including an introduction, three body paragraphs and a conclusion. 30 points possible I have written three body paragraphs that clearly articulate the character’s problem and the solution in a sequential order. I have also used transition words. 30 points possible I wrote a conclusion that expresses how the character felt about that experience. I explained the significance of how the event impacted the character. 10 points possible I wrote complete sentences using correct punctuation marks. I have capitalized the beginning of each sentence and proper nouns.   10 points possible