Methods of

Assessment

Purposes of
Assessment

Functions of Assessment

(School level)

(Provincial level)

FOR
LEARNING

Check-ins:

Hand signals
(thumbs
up/down)
Exit slips

N/A

N/A

-Provides the teacher a

general understanding
of where to go next

Choral Response -Informs the teacher

of his/her
implementation of the
o White
boards/chalk curriculum
boards
o Technology

Work along the way:

-Immediate feedback to
the teacher about what
students know

Web/Concept
map
Journals
(Written, Visual,
&Digital)

-Teacher gains
understanding of
student progress
-Allows students to
show learning
through different
modes and learning
styles
-Informs teacher of
student gaps in
learning and how
to plan for

N/A

N/A

differentiation
-Provides teacher
opportunity to
provide students
feedback

Conferencing:

-Teacher gains
personalized and
authentic
understanding of what
students know

- Allows teachers and

administrators to discuss
and discover where
students should be going
next

-Provides students
opportunities to
express learning
orally

-Provides insight into

steps for school to
involve parents in student
learning in order to
better enhance student
learning and
achievement

Student
Conference
(discussions,
conversations)

Oral questioning,
How do you
know?

Parent-teacher
conferences

-Allows the teacher to

guide and facilitate
learning through oral
prompts

Observe & Record:

-Provides teacher
documentation of
formative assessments

Anecdotal Notes

Checklists

Video recording

Diagnostic
Assessments:

N/A

-Allows teachers,
principals, and
administrators to
document student
learning
-Teacher may return to
their documentation to
see how student
-Allows staff to compare
learning has
data and learning
progressed overtime
outcomes from year
to year and to plan
ahead for success in
student
achievement

N/A

-Provides a
standardized tool

-To inform Alberta

Education on the

-Provides schools with a

consistent method of

EYE

Fountas &
Pinnell

PM Benchmark

for measuring
student
understandings or
skills

assessing student
needs

-Informs teachers and

school staff what
-Allows teachers to
interventions are
group students based on
necessary to achieve
ability levels
learning outcomes
-Informs teacher on
student discrepancies or
concerns

benchmark across
all areas of
Alberta
-Allows Alberta
Education to
compare diagnostic
results across
different areas
(Household
income,
rural/urban, etc.)

AS LEARNING

Self-Assessments

Goal setting

Reflections

For students to
N/A
reflect upon what
they know and
what they want to
learn

N/A

-For students to clearly

understand and
express their
strengths and areas
for growth
- Enhances student
learning in the
upcoming weeks

Peer-Assessments

Peer feedback

-For students to
understand the
importance of using
reflections and
feedback from their
peers to improve and
enhance their work

N/A

N/A

Co-created
rubrics

-For including the

students in the
assessment
process

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

-For bringing
relevance and
significance of the
task to the student
-For students to
understand the
expectations of the
task(s)

Think-Pair-Share -For students to think

about what they
know, to learn
from their peers,
and to share their
ideas

-For teachers to gain

an understanding
of student
knowledge, which
then informs future
planning

OF LEARNING

Final Projects

Written report

Visual project

-For teachers to assess

student displays of
knowledge in
multimodal task
performances

-Provides school with

-Showcase student
summative
work across the
knowledge of student
province
learning for reporting
purposes
-Share ideas and
innovations that can

Video project
o Portfolio

Exams

Written

Oral

Conferencing

Student-teacher
discussions and
interviews

-For teachers to assess -Provides school with

whether students
knowledge of teacher
have met curricular
performance
outcomes

aim to inspire other

schools/teachers/stu
dents

For teachers to assess Provides school with

To create results that
student displays of
summative
can be compared to
knowledge
knowledge of student
existing provincial
learning for reporting
standards
purposes
-For teachers to assess
whether students
-Informs Alberta
have met curricular -Provides school with
Education on
outcomes
knowledge of teacher
learning challenges
performance
and areas of
strength/growth

-Allows teacher
to guide questions or
conversations specific
to the child
-Provides teacher
additional insight into
student learning and
other factors
contributing to the
learning process

-Provides school with

N/A
summative knowledge of
student learning for
reporting purposes
-Provides school with
knowledge of teacher
performance

Share Learning

-For students to
express their
KWL charts (The understanding of the
subject matter to
Learned)
themselves, peers, and
teacher
Presentations
-For teachers to see
student expression of
knowledge and
comprehension with
curricular ties

-Allows students and

teachers to take part
in presentations and
conferences that
share the diverse
learning experiences
within the school.
-In the process, this
demonstrates to other
students and staff
members what type
of learning is taking
place on a school
level

-Presentations may
take place on a
provincial level so
that other schools
in Alberta can see
what type of
learning is taking
place in certain
parts of the
province