Using Assessment in the Service of Teaching and Learning in Middle School Science and Mathematics

评估是一种工具，可以通过以下方式为教与学服务： 为教师提供更广阔的视野， 学生们在接近他们的时候， 学习 它还可以帮助教师了解学生的学习兴趣， 朝着理想的学习目标前进。 因此 本项目的目的是开发：（1）一个模型， 地方一级的专业人员社区可以作为一个 构建整合评估与教学中 科学和数学的教与学服务; 以及（2）一组评估技术样本，以及 中学科学选题策略 数学，体现了实施的成果， 以上模型。 包括数学家在内的专业人士社区， 科学家和测量专家数学和科学 教师和教师教育工作者将从事 模型的开发和一套示范性评估 产品. 这些社区将（1）决定学习 目标符合科学的最新定义， 数学素养;（2）确定什么将算作 有证据表明这些目标在多大程度上 met. 教师将（3）在多种情况下寻找此类证据 包括学生学习日志和视频 录音. 我们将记录和分析 参与创建评估实践的过程， 指导，以便该过程可以有效地用于 其他设置。

Assessment is a tool that can serve teaching and learning by providing teachers with a broader perspective on the knowledge students bring with them as they approach learning. It also can help teachers to understand students' progress toward desired learning goals. Therefore the purpose of this project is to develop: (1) a model which a community of professionals at a local level can use as a construct to integrate assessment with instruction in the service of teaching and learning science and mathematics; and (2) a sample set of assessment techniques and strategies for selected topics in middle school science and mathematics that exemplify the outcomes of implementing the above model. Communities of professionals including mathematicians, scientists, and a measurement expert mathematics and science teachers and teacher educators are to be engaged in the development of the model and the set of exemplary assessment products. These communities will (1) decide on learning goals in line with the newest definitions of science and mathematics literacy; and (2) determine what will count as evidence to indicate the extent to which these goals are met. Teachers will (3) look for such evidence in multiple ways including student learning journals and video recordings. We will document and analyze the collaborative process involved in creating assessment practices that serve instruction so that the process can be used effectively in other settings.