Vanessa Rosa, Principal Public School 169

Leah Murray, Assistant Principal I.A. Bay Terrace School

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18-25 212th Street

Bayside, NY 11360-1595
Phone: 718-428-6160
Peer Inter-visitation Checklist
3d: Using Assessment in Instruction
Element Evidence / Comments

Teachers used prior data to inform instruction

and lesson objectives
*Are students learning experiences aligned with the
learning target?

Evidence of high quality work and evaluation

criteria
*Are learning progressions, rubrics, checklists,
exemplars available?

Teacher monitoring student learning

*Does the teacher use a variety (recall, product,
demonstration, product) of assessments to gain a
more comprehensive view of student learning?
*Does the teacher ask questions during a lesson to
determine whether they can move on?
*Does the teacher ensure all students have time to
think about a question before choosing who answers?

Teacher tracking evidence of student

understanding
*Does the teacher analyze student responses and
adjust their instruction to address individual students
needs?

Teachers are providing actionable and specific

feedback based on informal and/or formal
assessment
*Is the feedback related to the goal and criteria of the
task?
*Is the feedback accessible to students in terms of
language form and length?
*Can students use the feedback to determine their
next steps?
*Is feedback given in a timely manner with
opportunities to use it while the effects are fresh in
their minds?
*Are we giving students opportunities to adjust in
light of feedback?
*Are we giving students descriptive, non-
judgemental task-involving feedback rather than ego-
involving feedback?

Students know and understand established

criteria, their next steps and how they can get
there
*Do the students know what the learning intention of
the lesson is and why they are learning it?
*Are students aware of examples of high quality
work (learning progressions, rubrics, checklists,
exemplars) related to the learning target?
*Do students have an opportunity to discuss their
learning at the end of the lesson?

Students self- and peer-assessing

*Do students self-assess their own progress as a
routine part of their work?
*Do students have learning portfolios that focus on
their progress?
*Are students looking at each others work and
offering feedback?
*Do students follow protocols or techniques (ex: two
stars and a wish) to provide peer feedback?
*Do students pose their own questions for other
students to answer?