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Teacher Talk Webinar SeriesTuesday 7pm ET / 4pm PTGo Paperless! Tips and Tricks for Creating Formative Assessments Online

Ileana BetancourtMarketing Manager EdulasticFremont, CA

Teacher Talk Webinar SeriesTuesday 7pm ET / 4pm PTGo Paperless! Tips and Tricks for Creating Formative Assessments Online

Nerissa GerodiasHigh School Math TeacherSan Jose, CA

Betty ScolaLibrarian & Technology TeacherWaterford, NJ

Dorian Myers7th Grade Reading TeacherMemphis, TN

Steven Humble7th Grade Science & AlgebraPhoenix, AZ

Let’s find out whooo is in the room!

Roadmap● Advantages of Going Paperless● Best Practices for Digital Assessment● Examples from Dorian, Steve, Nerissa, and Betty● Questions

Advantages of Paperless Testing

Preparing to Give a Test

Grading

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Turn around time for student feedback

Understanding the Answer

Benefits of Digital Assessment

Easy Access to all Classes and Assessments

Test Question Data Bank

Multiple Question Formats

Data to Identify Areas of Weakness

Best Practices

“Overall, across all grades and subjects, the average test question count is 10.”

Engage Students

● Use TEIs● Incorporate images or video● Use multipart to dive deeper● Pair with hands-on activity





Digital Assessment in Practice

Our motivation for going paperless came after we saw our first year PARCC results.

We knew we needed to start assessing students digitally so they were comfortable when PARCC test time came.

Pros:

● Paperless. ● Easy to grade (Flubaroo)

Cons:

● Question types very limited.● Needed to use add- ons in

order to “print” a copy for students to review (Autocrat)

Since we were a Google school, our first attempts were Google Forms.

A Google Search led us to EdulasticPros:

● Many question types that mimicked PARCC

● Easy sync with Google Classroom

● Instant results to students and teachers

● No need to “print” a copy for review

● Sharing across the district meant we could split the workload of test creation.

● Reports make it easy to identify areas of weakness.

● Helpful customer service

Cons:● Still haven’t found one

The Plan We Devised- Use PARCC released questions entered into Edulastic to prep students.

Use Edulastic across our curriculum for paperless tests so students were comfortable with online testing

Have students instantly review what they did right and wrong not days later after the test was graded. Their reflection immediately following the test led them to be better test takers because they really reviewed the test.

The Results -

Confident test takers!!!!Happy Teachers!!!!

The Numbers

Typical evening or weekend for me before Edulastic On top of this,

- teacher plans for the next lesson- creates materials- creates assessments which means

more papers to grade.

….. and it goes on and on and papers keep piling up.

…. and sometimes papers mysteriously disappears to the disappointment of both teacher and students.

…. and teacher realizes that some students need intervention only after all papers have been graded.

Here comes Edulastic!

All assessments are in one place, never to get lost.

When I give assignments, I get to see their progress in real time. I can see who starts immediately and who procrastinates whether it is an in-class or take home assignment

I can screenshot their summary thumbnail and send it to them to prompt them to go back and check these partially correct work or the totally incorrect answers. I find that my students constantly want to know how they are doing and I would not be able to give immediate feedback if I was grading by hand.

Students stay on task and are eager to get immediate feedback.

Students collaborate during classwork. They are asking questions and they are explaining to each other.

As students do their work I go around with my tablet and show them which problems they need to return to, providing them immediate intervention.

I allow students to redo their work if for whatever reason they scored low on their

assignments.

Edulastic makes it easy to reassign the tasks giving students second chances.

Sample Correspondence Between Myself and my Students

Advantages of digital assessment app such as Edulastic

● No clutter, no mess, no lost papers.

● Immediate feedback provides opportunity to employ immediate intervention.

● Students can redo their tasks in a few clicks

● Easy to manage missed assignments for absent students

Working with Edulastic in

a Middle School Reading

Classroom

Why I use Edulastic:

1. Immediate Feedback - The ability to adjust instruction.2. Student Progress - Students are able to track their scores

on a data tracker3. Data Reports - We have to present data from Common

Assessments to the principal and Edulast offers a great way to present the data.

4. Standards Mastery - I can keep up with what standards have been mastered and which ones I need to re-teach.

5. District Testing - Our district uses MAP to track student progress and it is computer based.

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