Classroom+Assessment+Symposium

= **Classroom Assessment Symposium** = === Reflect on the study and activities you have been involved in during the past weeks. Come to our final class prepared to discuss the following on Friday evening: (Please write your "talking points" out and prepare to hand them in)  1) How would you define assessment? How would you explain the difference between assessment and testing to your teachers? Parents? Students? 2) How would you modify the Stiggins 5-step model to make it more effective in your particular setting? 3) What is the reality of the assessment process in your school? How would you move the assessment process in the direction you would like it to go? 4) How could classroom assessment process(es) be used more effectively? 5) What are some specific strategies that would better include students in the assessment process? ===