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Student-led Assessment: Promoting Agency and Achievement Through Portfolio and Conferences

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Colorado Convention Center, 102/4/6

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Starr Sackstein
Chief Operations Officer
Mastery Portfolio
@MsSackstein
@starr53177
Starr Sackstein is a recovering perfectionist who is an assessment reforming enthusiast. She is the COO of Mastery Portfolio, an Edtech Startup committed to helping schools move to Standard-Based communication. She works with teacher teams to engage students in learning, advocate for personal growth, and effectively use student data to drive instruction. She was a high school English and journalism teacher for 16 years, a lead Humanities learner for two years, a publisher and developmental editor, and a social media manager. Starr is an author and speaker committed to changing how we assess.

Session description

Conventional assessments often take the form of quizzes and tests that yield narrow, predetermined categories of data about students’ academic progress. But if we want an accurate look at what, how, and to what extent students are learning, who better to consult than the experts: the students themselves.

Purpose & objective

Participants will learn:
- how to engage students in the assessment process through goal setting, reflection, personal progress checking, portfolio and self-assessment.
- to create structures that put students in charge of what and how they are assessed
- how to assess student learning in a way that is equitable and aligned with content and skill standards and competencies

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Outline

Audience will engage in a variety of activities:
- notice/wonder with videos
- KWL to generate questions for adjusting the session
- co-construction of success criteria as a means for modeling the practice with students
- a jigsaw activity around particular aspects of the learning
- small group and larger group discussion
- possible gallery walk and text on text protocol
- and more

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Supporting research

Student-Led Assessment: Promoting Agency and Achievement Through Portfolio and Conferences by Starr Sackstein (ASCD 2023 - December)

Hacking Assessment - Starr Sackstein

Assessing with Respect - Starr Sackstein

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Session specifications

Topic:
Assessment/evaluations/use of data
Grade level:
6-12
Skill level:
Beginner
Audience:
Curriculum/district specialists, Professional developers, Teachers
Attendee devices:
Devices useful
Attendee device specification:
Smartphone: Android, iOS, Windows
Laptop: Chromebook, Mac, PC
Tablet: Windows, Android, iOS
Participant accounts, software and other materials:
nothing specific
ISTE Standards:
For Students:
Empowered Learner
  • Students articulate and set personal learning goals, develop strategies leveraging technology to achieve them and reflect on the learning process itself to improve learning outcomes.
  • Students build networks and customize their learning environments in ways that support the learning process.
Creative Communicator
  • Students communicate complex ideas clearly and effectively by creating or using a variety of digital objects such as visualizations, models or simulations.

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