J.+Assessment+Plan

Assessment/Remediation Plan **//Formative assessments//** will be implemented throughout the California Missions unit in order to gauge the students’ understanding and adapt the instruction to meet the students’ needs. As students are involved in the learning process, the teacher will evaluate their ongoing feedback and make the appropriate modifications to instruction. By integrating assessment into instruction, the teacher can ensure that the content being taught is within each student’s zone of proximal development, while the students can self-reflect on their own learning and provide feedback to the teacher. This bidirectional relationship has a two-pronged effect: it allows the teacher to instruct more effectively and also allows the students to become active participants in their own learning while providing them with the necessary scaffolding to make deeper, richer connections to the content.

The following types of formative assessments will be used throughout the California Missions unit:
 * Classroom discussions
 * Checks for understanding in which students respond chorally, gesturally (e.g. thumbs up/thumbs down), or by writing their responses on individual white boards
 * Anecdotal notebook kept by teacher
 * Student-created graphic organizers
 * Student journals
 * Mind maps
 * In-class assignments
 * Homework
 * Short quizzes

//**Summative assessments**// will also be utilized to periodically evaluate the students' level of mastery of the lesson's learning objectives, which have been aligned to the California State Content Standards outlined in the Unit Overview. Summative assessments will provide the teacher with a snapshot of what the students know at various points in the unit, such as at the ending of chapters or the conclusion of the fractions study. In posterity, these assessments will be used as tools to evaluate the effectiveness of instruction as well as the alignment of the curriculum.

The types of summative assessments that will be given over the course of the unit are:
 * Performance tasks
 * Written products
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Tests
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Culminating Synthesis Project

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Should the above-mentioned assessments evidence that a student is failing to meet the unit's learning objectives, a remediation plan is in place to provide additional support to give the student restitution. The remediation will be provided during class time through a variety of methods. A teacher-student conference will be held to go over the details of the remediation plan and involve the student in the process. Additionally, the students parents/guardians will be notified to involve their support and explain the steps being taken to improve student performance. Some examples of strategies that may be recommended for remediation are:
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Improve attendance
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Completion of all class work/homework
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Tutoring
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Re-teach lessons as necessary
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Strategic grouping
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Closer parental supervision of school work
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Modified instructional materials
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Individualized or small-group instruction with teacher or classroom aide.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">More instruction to specific learning modalities
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Re-testing or testing through alternative modes

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Once the step(s) for remediation have been determined, the teacher will follow the remediation plan until learning deficiencies have been successfully overcome.