CSTP 5: Assessing Students for Learning

Element Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

Is aware of the purposes Explores the use of Decides on the purpose for Develops and adapts the Demonstrates purposeful
and characteristics of different types of assessment and skills to be range of appropriate use of a wide range of
formative and summative pre-assessment, assessed to select assessments to address assessments to support
assessments. formative and appropriately matches pre-, questions about differentiated student
5.1 Applying summative assessments. formative and summative students’ learning needs learning needs and
knowledge of the assessments. and progress. reflect progress.
purposes, Begins to identify
characteristics, and specific characteristics of Selects assessments based on Integrates a variety of Draws flexibility from a
uses of different assessments that yield clear understanding of the characteristics into repertoire of appropriate
types of assessments different types of purposes and characteristics assessments to allow assessment options and
information about of assessments to support students with a ranges of characteristics to
student preparedness, student learning. learning needs to maximize student
progress, and demonstrate what they demonstration of
proficiency. know. knowledge.
I have to use I always use different testing I provided my math
assessments provided by methods in my class. Students students with a choice
my school. I always will complete checks for board as their final
adjust them to fit the understanding and both project to allow students
learning needs of my formative with a range of learning
students. 7/17/2022 and summative assessments. needs to demonstrate
I have been adjusting the what they know.
summative assessments at my 04/30/2023
school to better fit the needs of
my students. I have eliminated
some of the multiple choice
options on the assessment and
made it free response. I have
also digitized assessments and
have students take them on
Google Forms, so they are able
to receive instant
feedback. 12.9.22
CSTP 5: Assessing Students for Learning
Element Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Use data from required Explores collecting Collects a variety of formal and Designs and integrates an Infuses assessments
assessments to assess additional data using informal assessment data on assessment plan that strategically and
student learning. supplemental student learning. provides formal and systematically
assessments. informal assessment data throughout instruction to
5.2 Collecting and Follows required Uses analysis of a variety of on student learning. collect ongoing
analyzing processes for data Make adjustments in data to inform planning and assessment data
assessment data analysis and draws planning for single differentiation of instruction. Uses data analysis of a appropriate for the range
from a variety of conclusions about lessons or sequence of broad range of of learner needs.
sources to inform student learning lessons based on assessments to provide
instruction. analysis of assessment comprehensive Uses results of ongoing
data. information to guide data analysis to plan and
planning and differentiate instruction
differentiation of for maximum academic
instruction. success.
I always collect informal data I always make sure to I always make sure to
throughout my lessons. I use collect and use include formative
cold calling and students summative assessment assessments in my
volunteering to collect this and data. I always use lessons to collect
data. 7/17/2022 data to differentiate ongoing assessment data.
instruction and to plan I use the results from
for revision of future ongoing formative
lessons. Since I have assessments to provide
digitized my differentiation and
assessments, it makes it scaffolding as needed in
easier to collect data to my lessons. 04/30/2023
share with my students
and for me to help drive
instruction and
remediation as
necessary. 12.9.22
CSTP 5: Assessing Students for Learning
Element Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Reviews and monitors Reviews and monitors Reviews and monitors a Reviews and monitors a Facilitates collaborative
5.3 Reviewing data, available assessment additional assessment variety of data on student broad range of data work and fosters
both individually data as required by site data individually and learning individually and with individually and with colleagues ability to
and with colleagues, and district processes. with colleagues and colleagues to identify trends colleagues to analyze identify and address
to monitor student identifies learning needs and patterns among groups of student thinking and causes for achievement
learning of individual students. students. identify underlying patterns and trends.
causes for trends.
I always review I always make sure to assess I always make sure to
information given to me and collect testing data. I look at data individually
and try to use it to better always look at my classes and with colleagues. I
integrate my lessons to standardized testing data participate in data dives
make sure learning is before the beginning of each at school and try to
occurring for individual semester. Students complete identify underlying
students. 7/17/2022 Renaissance Star testing three causes. 04/30/2023
times a year and that data is
used to determine learning
needs of individual students.
For special education and
English language learners, I
talk to their teachers and see
what other testing information
is important for ELL students,
I try to look ELPAC results. I
have also began checking IEP's
for goals for my students and
monitoring any other
assessment data I have access
to. This could be data from
previous classes, as well as,
current data from Star
Renaissance testing.12.9.22 
CSTP 5: Assessing Students for Learning
Element Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Uses data from Uses data from available Uses a variety of assessment Uses a broad range of Reflects on data
assessments provided by assessments to establish data to set student learning data to set learning goals continuously to make
site and district to set content-based learning goals for content and academic for content and academic ongoing refinements to
learning goals for the goals for class and language. language that are learning goals for
class. individual students in integrated across content content and academic
5.4 Using assessment single lessons or standards for individuals language for the fill range
data to establish sequences of lessons. Plans differentiated lessons and groups. of students.
learning goals and to Plans instruction using and modifications to
plan, differentiate, available curriculum Plans adjustments in instruction to meet students’ Plans differentiated Uses data systematically
and modify guidelines. instruction to address diverse learning needs. instruction targeted to to refine planning,
instruction learning needs of meet individual and differentiate instruction,
individual students. group learning needs. and make ongoing
adjustments to match the
Modifies lessons during evolving learning needs
instruction based on of individuals and
informal assessments. groups.
I implement data to I incorporated pre-assessment
better improve learning data into my instruction for
goals and implement the ILP that was completed.
adjustments to my With that information I was
lessons to better able to provide appropriate
improve student differentiation to my students
learning. 7/17/2022 when the lesson was delivered.
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I always make sure to use
Google Form data as well as
RenStar data when I am
setting student learning goals
for content and academic
language. 04/30/2023
CSTP 5: Assessing Students for Learning
Element Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Informs students about Begins to encourage Models and scaffolds student Implements structures Provides systematic
learning objectives, students to establish self-assessment and goal for students to opportunities for student
outcomes, and learning goals through setting processes for learning self-assess and set self-assessment, goal
summative assessment single lessons or content and academic learning goals related to setting, and progress
results. Recognizes the sequence of lessons that language development. content, academic monitoring.
5.5 Involving all
need for individual include goal setting language, and individual
students in
learning goals. exercises. Guides students to monitor skills. Develops students’
self-assessment,
and reflect on progress on a meta-cognitive skills for
goal-setting, and
Monitors progress using Provides students with regular basis. Integrates student analyzing progress and
progress monitoring
available tools for opportunities in single self-assessment, goal refining goals towards
recording. lessons or sequence of setting, and progress high levels of academic
lessons to monitor their monitoring across the achievement.
own progress toward curriculum.
class or individual goals.
I always talk to students I always allow my students to
on what they plan on have access to their grades
achieving from my class through our student
and how they think it information system as well as
will help them. if they come up and ask me. I
7/17/2022 always try to give
feedback.12.9.22
I always make sure to model
and scaffold student self
assessments as needed to
make sure my students are
able to complete them
correctly. I always go over goal
setting with my students and
have them set goals for
themselves at the beginning of
each semester. 04/30/2023
CSTP 5: Assessing Students for Learning
Element Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Uses available Explores use of Uses technology to design and Integrates a variety of Use a wide range of
technologies to record additional technologies implement assessments, technologies into the technologies to design,
assessments, determine to implement individual record and analyze results, development, implement, and analyze
proficiency levels, and assessments, record and communicate about implementation, analysis assessments and
5.6 Using available
make required results, and student learning with of assessments, and provides for an in depth
technologies to
communications about communicate with administration, colleagues, communication of and ongoing
assist in assessment,
student learning. administration, families, and students. Ensure student learning to all communication
analysis, and
colleagues, and families that communications are audiences. regarding student
communication of
about student learning. received by those who lack learning to all audiences.
student learning
access to technology.

I implement a variety of I always integrate a

testing technology in my variety of technologies
classroom, including both into my lesson and
google classroom and assessments. I also use
edulastic for assessment remind to speak to my
needs. 7/17/2022 students. 12.9.22
Parents have access to
student learning through
the use Google
Classroom. My school
uses several different
technologies to analyze
assessments and student
grades and data.
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CSTP 5: Assessing Students for Learning
Element Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Provides students with Provides students with Provides students with clear Integrates the ongoing Facilitates students’
feedback through additional feedback and timely information about sharing of leadership in seeking and
assessed work and based on formative strengths, needs, and comprehensible feedback using ongoing
required summative assessments from single strategies for improving to students from formal comprehensible
assessments. lessons or sequence of academic achievement. and informal communications about
lessons. Seeks to provide assessments in ways that individual student
5.7 Using assessment
Notifies families of feedback in ways that Provides opportunities for support increased progress and ways to
information to share
student proficiencies, students understand. comprehensible and timely learning. provide and monitor
timely and
challenges, and behavior two-way communications with support.
comprehensible
issues through school Communicates with families to share student Communicates regularly
feedback with
mandated procedures. families about student assessments, progress, raise with families to share a
students and their
progress, strengths, and issues and/or concerns, and range of assessment
families
needs at reporting guide family support. information that is
periods. Contacts comprehensible and
families as needs arise responsive to individual
regarding struggling student and family needs.
students or behavior
issues.
My school is really big I always give feedback to my I always make sure to
about having students post assessment for share assessment data
communication with them to continue to build up with students in a timely
families and students. I their strengths. I always have manner. Students take
often will text or call open lines of communication assessments on Google
parents to address the to parents via phone, email, Forms, so they have
needs of my students. and remind. 12.9.22 instant feedback on how
they did in their
assessment. I will also
hold conferences with
students to discuss their
scores and what we can
do to improve their score.
Parents have access to
assessment information
on Google classroom, we
also hold PTC to go over
assessment data with
parents. 04/30/2023
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