ATTACHMENT I

General Activities for Assessment

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New Jersey Core Content Curriculum Standards

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WORLD LANGUAGE – SPANISH

The purpose of assessment is to determine student understanding, performance, attitude and application of skills. Assessments can be:

• Diagnostic – telling teachers what the students needs to learn

• Formative – telling us how well the student is doing as work progresses, and

• Summative – telling us how well the student did at the end of a unit/task.

It is important to assess student work at all stages of development through a variety of methods that may include:

• Standardized Achievement Tests – provide data that establish student levels of performance.

• Teacher generated tests/quizzes – (selected response and/or constructed response) – the data will provide information regarding the extent of student learning. High school courses are required to administer course specific school-wide mid-term and final examinations.

• Authentic Assessment – performance tasks and projects that demonstrate student level of application and competency.

• Student Self and Peer Assessment – students reflect on, make a judgment and then report on their own or a peer’s behavior and performance.

• Portfolio – collection of student work that exhibits the student’s efforts, progress and achievement.

Information from a variety of assessments should be used to improve instruction, focus student attention on strengths and weaknesses, improve program planning, and serve as the data for reports to students and other concerned individuals.

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• Supplementary Materials

• Teacher Manual

• Black Line Activity Masters

• Picture Cards

• Taped Materials