An exploration of assessment with the redesigned grades 10–12 curriculum
The following nine video segments are from a three-part webinar series on assessment and the redesigned grades 10–12 curriculum.
Each segment was filmed before a live and digitally-connected audience of B.C. educators. Presenter, Tom Schimmer, is a B.C.-based assessment author and former B.C. teacher and administrator.
Webinar One
- Video segment 1:
Review the context that supports B.C.’s curricular shift to competency-based education and the repurposing of knowledge
- Video segment 2:
Learn what Tom Schimmer identifies as the as the most significant change to B.C.’s redesigned curriculum—the switching of the means and the ends, and how B.C. educators now use content to develop competencies
- Video segment 3:
Explore the value of assessment and of having a clear intent for assessment and evaluation tools
Webinar Two
- Video segment 1:
Review the purpose of assessment through progressions of learning and growth
- Video segment 2:
Consider Tom Schimmer's view on how progressions of learning can be developed through repurposed knowledge
- Video segment 3:
Explore the importance of transparent assessment criteria
Webinar Three
- Handouts
- Video segment 1:
Consider examples of competency and standards-based assessment that are aligned with current reporting requirements
- Video segment 2:
Explore Tom Schimmer’s suggestions for supporting students in self- and peer-assessment
- Video segment 3:
Discover examples of assessment practices that are aligned with the redesigned curriculum, as shared by an English Language Arts teacher, a Math teacher, and a school district assessment support team