Lesson 2, Planning Assessment

My assessment checklist demonstrates the performance of linked goals by selecting one of the fifty states and researching information about that state, such as the history, places to visit, fun facts, and any additional information they find interesting. The organization and creativity of the brochure will also be noted on the checklist to help ensure effectiveness and completeness of the product. Next, my assessment checklist demonstrates student engagement in higher-order thinking by giving students guidelines of things that are required in the brochure, but not explicitly stating specific facts that are needed, such as the year the state became an official state. The students are encouraged to find information under each category that they find interesting and important and must figure out how to effectively implement those facts into the brochure. Finally, the assessment checklist meets individual student needs by setting broad requirements that can be checked off for completion rather than by how much the student wrote. Therefore, the students know what is expected of them and they can meet those requirements to the best of their ability without the assignment seeming impossible or too easy to complete.