Performance Standard 4: Assessment of and for Student Learning

The teacher systematically gathers, analyzes, and uses all relevant data to measure student academic progress, guide instructional content and delivery methods, and provide timely feedback to both students and parents throughout the school year.


Reflexive Statement: 

Students are allowed ample time to practice lesson concepts and ask questions prior to any assessment of learning.  Lessons concepts are presented and examples modeled and discussed with students followed by selective, coordinating homework problem assignments which gives the student opportunity for learning and mastery.  Any grade taken on homework is for effort of completion only and carries a small percentage of student’s final grade.  Students are permitted to ask questions related to the homework prior to any assessment.  Learning resources and aides are posted to Blackboard the enhance the learning process such as detailed worked out problems via notes, solutions to assigned problems, and links to available internet resources.  Once students have had the opportunity to ask questions, a short quiz (DLQ: daily lesson quiz which may be announced or unannounced) may be administered to assess student mastery of the lesson basics.  These are promptly graded in detail and returned to students by the next class meeting; solutions are posted and discussed with the class.  Periodically a written assignment designed in more depth, utilizing applications of lesson concepts, or areas of weakness displayed on DLQs is given for which students may use nonhuman resources as an aid.  All graded papers are retained by students throughout the semester providing them the opportunity to maintain a record of their performance; these are returned on the final exam day.  Six weeks grades are posted to the Blackboard grading center to enable student access to course performance and running average for the class.

 

Artifact 1: DLQ Basic Derivatives

             Course: Laboratory Calculus: MTH 175 Calculus of One Variable

 

     Description: A student’s graded short lesson quiz on the first basic derivative rules presented

                   and practiced.

    

Artifact 2: Map of Blackboard posted solutions for homework and graded work in AMA and first

             semester Calculus.

             Course: Laboratory Calculus: MTH 175 Calculus of One Variable

             Course: Advanced Math Analysis: MTH 166 PreCalculus

 

      Description: A map of various worked out solutions via the use of Windows Journal and 

                    Tablet PC software that are posted to the Blackboard class site for Calculus and

                    Advanced Math Analysis courses.  Solutions displayed consist of homework

                    assignments, worksheets, graded daily quizzes, written assignments, and tests.