Just to piggyback on what everybody is writing - its the same here in
New Jersey. My husband, inlaws and myself are all teachers in various
school districts throughout the state. We do nothing but test, test,
test.
My husband teaches ESL in a urban high school. Between high school HESPA
( our
Donna,
We are also creating our own CFAs (common formative assessments) and then using
the data. Between 3 teachers we divide up the work, but it's still test, test,
test. When the students realize all they have to do is blow the test, wow,
imagine what would happen.
Someone shared a site
Julia,
The EO is English only and ELL is English Language Learners. :) I know,
sometimes I don't have a clue what the acronym is people are using.
I love your idea! A quiet rebellion. I have a CAFE chart (similar to the
Sisters from Daily 5) on the wall and the children refer to it all the
Thank you Brenda i will check out the site. Following some of these
conversations have been so informative! Its nice to know we all share the same
frustrations and sentiments.
Donna
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From: Brenda White-Keller brenda...@sbcglobal.net
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Mastery Connect looks wonderful.
Does anyone know of any free (or inexpensive) options to assess mastery of
individual reading skills (such as main idea, details. cause effect)? My
school is going to be running a program and we are in need of short tests to
use as pre- and post-assessments.
Readworks.org has over 500 nonfiction reading selections with test questions
that are all aligned to the ccs and identify specific standards ie main idea,
cause effect etc.
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From: Dluhos Sara (31R024) sdlu...@schools.nyc.gov
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Dear Brenda,
Would it be possible, if you have a second over the holiday, to direct to
where I might take a peek at the CAFÉ chart? What a great idea!
Thanks!
Julia
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From: Brenda White-Keller
Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2011 1:27 PM
To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org
Just a question for those using this. It does not appear to me that this
program/approach is using the approach to comprehension that we study on
this Mosaics list. Looks very traditional on first glance. Keep in mind
that I did not take the time yet to dig in a do a complete lesson or
complete
Sorry I'm jumping in during the middle of this conversation, but I'd be
interested in knowing what the definition of formative assessments is. My
fear is that some of the common formative assessments are just practice
summative assessments, or checkpoints during a unit. My thinking is that
Good question. I think you are onto something that is happening here. And
the other thing anything like this does is take over your curriculum.
Teachers who know how to do formative should be able to use it easily and
flexibly with the reading and writing they are doing anyway, not with extra
You are right formatives are like checkpoints. Formatives are assessments for
learming and summative are of learning
Donna
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