Standard 6: Assessment. The teacher understands and uses multiple methods of assessment to engage learners in their own growth, to monitor learner progress, and to guide the teacher’s and learner’s decision making.

Performance

ICTS 6.P(i):

The teacher balances the use of an effective range of formative and summative assessment strategies to support, verify, and document learning.

ICTS 6.P(j):

The teacher designs assessments that match learning objectives with assessment methods and minimizes sources of bias that can distort assessment results.

ICTS 6.P(k):

The teacher works independently and collaboratively to examine test and other performance data to understand each learner’s progress and to guide planning.

ICTS 6.P(l):

The teacher engages learners in understanding and identifying quality work and provides them with effective descriptive feedback to guide their progress toward that work.

ICTS 6.P(m):

The teacher engages learners in multiple ways of demonstrating knowledge and skill as part of the assessment process.

ICTS 6.P(n):

The teacher models and structures processes that guide learners in examining their own thinking and learning as well as the performance of others.

ICTS 6.P(o):

The teacher effectively uses multiple and appropriate types of assessment data to identify each student’s learning needs and to develop differentiated learning experiences.

ICTS 6.P(p):

The teacher prepares all learners for the demands of particular assessment formats and makes appropriate accommodations in assessments or testing conditions, especially for learners with disabilities and language learning needs.

ICTS 6.P(q):

The teacher continually seeks appropriate ways to employ technology to support assessment practice both to engage learners more fully and to assess and address learner needs.

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Provide links, attachments, etc., to artifacts that support your competency across the nine performance indicators of this standard.

2. Provide a self-analysis as to why you feel you have earned a "Proficient," "Basic," or "Unsatisfactory" score in the performance indicators of this Standard.

Required artifacts:

• Formative assessment created/designed by you
• Evidence of analyzing student data
• Lesson Plan explicitly planned from data
• FfT Domain 3 Observations and Reflections (refer to them; do not re-upload)

​​ Note: Between the required and optional self-chosen artifacts submitted, candidates should address all the performance indicators of this standard. The lesson plan(s) submitted for this standard may also be utilized as evidence for other standards, as different elements of the plans address different standards.