COURSE

Checking for Understanding

Assessment Course for K-12 Teachers. Confidently use checks for understanding to create and deliver authentic assessment experiences in your classroom.

Inside this online course, you'll explore the 3 main types of assessment and learn which ones to use for your lessons and projects. You'll also discover examples for a variety of assessment models, including diagnostic, formative and summative measures.

You'll be provided with hundreds of ways to check for understanding, as well as a body of research to support this assessment method in your classroom.

Asynchronous Online Course: Start Anytime.

"This course has provided me with so many new ways to explore assessment in my classroom. I feel like I am now prepared to look at student growth in a whole new way this year thanks to what I have learned."

ALEXIS PERRINE

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Lifetime On-Demand Access
12 Video Lessons with Closed Captions
Customizable assessment templates you can use for your classroom.
25 PD Hours and 2.5 CEUs Provided
All Levels: K-12

Intended Audience:

K-12 Classroom Teachers
K-12 Arts Teachers

School and District Admin
Teaching Artists

Course Overview

How many times have you felt like testing has overtaken your classroom? It doesn't need to be this way! Authentic assessment can be a natural part of the learning cycle, and can be done without killing creativity.

This assessment course will give you a complete toolkit for looking at student growth through the process of checking for understanding. And, you can use the samples and templates provided to create your own assessments that work within your current curriculum.

You can start or complete this course at any time – lifetime access is included.

What You'll Learn – View the Full Syllabus

How to assess maker-centered and PBL lessons with integrity and in alignment to standards.

Research and implement a variety of assessment models including portfolios, performance-based assessments, rubrics, formative, and summative measures.

Explore how to analyze data gathered from assessments to determine appropriate next steps for student instruction.

How to design quality assessments that can be used for testing or student growth measures.

Requirements for Approval

If you're taking this course for a step increase or advancement, please be sure to review the course details, outcomes, and approval information before enrolling.

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