Chapter 10 Assessment in the Partnering Pedagogy

1. What are the roles of assessment, in general and in partnering?
2. What types of assessment are most useful for partnering
students?
3. How can we assess the progress of all participants in the
educational process?

USEFUL ASSESSMENT

Beyond Just Summative and Formative

Ipsative Assessment

Rrefers to beating your personal best.25 Ipsative is the kind of

assessment used, for example, in sports. No one gives you a number or

letter grade.

REAL WORLD ASSESSMENT

“360-degree”

whereby a person’s work is assessed not only by his or her

bosses and peers but also by the people who work for him or her. An

equivalent for teachers would be if you were assessed each year not only

by your administrators, but also by your fellow teachers and your students.

SELF ASSESSMENT

ASSESSING PARENTS’ PROGRESS

Parents, as everyone knows, are crucial to their kids’ education. Today

most parents are caught, just as we all are, in the great changes of our

times, and most are as perplexed as the rest of us about what to do.

-Involve your students’ parents as much as you can.

Use as much technology as you can to communicate to parents what

you are doing, in whatever language(s) they speak.

Encourage your students to share their positive classroom experiences

frequently with their parents, and their enthusiasm,