Standard A25: Variety of means of expression across assessments

Description: Across multiple assessments there is a variety of means of expression that hold equal weight on a grading rubric: written text, art, photos, audio, video.

Note: Refer to standard B11 in Course Design for a complete description.

Standard A26: Multiple opportunities to submit assessments

Description: Learners are presented with more than one opportunity to submit assessments in the session

Example

• Giving learners two or three attempts to complete a quiz, and allowing the learner to keep their best score.

Standard A27: Objective rubric criteria

Description

In order to ensure understanding around assignment expectations and maintain fair grading practices, rubrics should be specific about what and how learners need to demonstrate mastery of content and/or practices. Using specific and clear language in rubrics supports instructors in evaluating learner performance in the most objective manner possible.

Example

Selection from Capstone assignment rubric, Family Engagement

Standard A28: Assessments are aligned to the content and include feedback

Description: Knowledge check quizzes are aligned to the content and instructive feedback is provided to help the learner.

Examples

EarlyEdU course– Interactions and Environments: Engaging Children in Learning

True/False Question:

• Engaging interactions are reciprocal back-and-forth interactions that support children’s involvement in positive learning. CORRECT ANSWER: True

FEEDBACK: The key component of engaging interactions are that they are back-and-forth exchanges between adults and children. For example, imagine you are reading a book with a child. The child points to a picture of a cat and says they have a pet cat at home. You ask for the cat’s name, and the child responds. This back-and-forth exchange is an example of an engaging interaction.

Multiple answers question:

• What are the 3 components of social emotional support in the HOUSE Framework?
  • Fostering emotionally supportive connections with children
  • Being sensitive to children’s needs
  • Following children’s lead
  • Helping children deepen their knowledge about content

CORRECT ANSWERS: a, b, c

FEEDBACK: There are three components in the Social Emotional Support block of the House Foundation: 1) Fostering emotionally supportive connections with children, 2) Being sensitive to children’s needs, 3) Following children’s lead. Educators can provide young children with an emotionally safe and supportive environment by creating a caring community of learners that values and teaches prosocial behaviors. In a caring community people feel connected to one another, they are responsive to each other’s needs and engage in activities that are interesting and motivating to them.