Clarifying questions for the EALRs project write up:
1. Identify Unit of Study and specific EALR you were tracking
- Name of course/subject
- Grade level
- Title of Unit
- EALR you were tracking for student learning
- Length of period you tracked student learning
2. Identify the types of assessments e.g. pre assessment, formative assessment, summative assessment you used
- Type of assessment .
- Description of when/how used .
- Grading/evaluation criteria
- Date of each assessment
- Blank copy of each assessment (if possible --directions or assignment sheets for those that may not be a handout)
3. Identify the profile/characteristics of each student you tracked for the project
- Background description: culture/ethnicity; socio-economic status if you know (free or reduced lunch), gender, academic strengths and weaknesses that you are aware of, interests, personality.
- Use pseudonyms: this means blanking out the names on their papers, and replacing them with numbers of pseudo names.
- Include the grade they have so far in the class.
4. Analysis -- Think about it in these terms: You are justifying your teaching to someone -- proving that your instruction does, in fact, assist students in accomplishing the state EALR's. So you need to discuss:
- Pre-assessment: Whad did you choose to do to assess existing understanding and why? e.g. how does it address the EALR (s) identified?
- Results of the pre-assessment for the students you chose to follow: What did the data show you about where your students began?
- How did what you learned from the pre-assessment effect your decision-making for the sequence of activities you planned? What did you do in the classroom and why, to move them toward competency on this EALR? (No need to include all lesson plans, but describe what and how they were given instruction and/or practice throughout the period you taught)
- Formative assessments? (not required) Did you assess your students' progress along the way, before their "final" or summary assessment? How? E.g. did they practice through homework which let you know what might need reteaching? Did you monitor their classwork in some way so you knew what they might not know? Etc. describe.
- Final or summative assessment. What did you choose to do to assess their understanding after you had finished teaching to this EALR? How does it address the EALR identified?
- Results of assessment. What does the data show you about student progress toward successful demonstration of EALR's knowledge? How do you explain each student's progress or lack thereof? How do these results affect your decision-making for the next time you might teach this series of lessons?
5. Format - use a footer to put your last name and MIT -04 on each page, also page numbers.