A Comprehensive Approach to Student Assessment

Educational Setting
Educational Setting: St. Bonaventure School is in Huntington Beach, California. St. Bonaventure is a parochial elementary school educating kindergarten through eighth-grade students. The school is fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. The classroom, 1A is one of the three first grade classrooms in this educational setting. Classroom 1A consists of 26 students (12 boys; 14 girls; ages six to seven years old). The students included two English Language Learners (ELL), both classified as advanced in their language acquisition proficiency levels. Two students receive an accommodated curriculum, one for dyslexia and one for emotional outbursts related to autism-like behaviors.

Important notes:
**To build on: Previous themes for discussion have focused on the addition of Performance Task Assessment and Authentic Assessments to a comprehensive assessment plan in my setting; primarily the first grade PLC (three teachers)
**Sources must include 8 peer-reviewed scholarly journals

Instructions
Part 1: Proposal
Present a cohesive rationale for a comprehensive approach to student assessment in a specific educational setting. Do not worry about feasibility. This is a proposal for how you feel it should be done, not how you feel it will be done. Your proposal should reflect the unique characteristics of the specific educational setting, your previous assessment implementation experience, and your research on approaches to assessment and data-based decision making.

In your proposal:

Explain how the proposed plan reflects theory and best practices from professional literature on student assessment. Include descriptions of:
The nature of the learning environment in which the proposed policy will be implemented.
The audience to whom you will be presenting your proposal.
How the proposed plan reflects the professional literature on student assessment, in terms of both theory and best practices.
How the proposed plan addresses the unique opportunities and challenges inherent in the specific educational environment. Use student data from your setting to support your evaluation of the opportunities and challenges you identified.
The components of the proposed plan:
Guidelines to formative assessment.
Guidelines to summative assessment.
Guidelines to technology-driven assessment.
Guidelines to data-driven decision making.
Evaluate how the proposed plan addresses the unique opportunities and challenges inherent in the specific educational environment, using student data.
Explain how the proposed plan addresses diversity and equity issues. Use student data to support your explanation.
Explain how the proposed system considers the ethical aspects of assessment, particularly validity and reliability.
Explain how the proposed system will be introduced to teachers and what professional development will be provided to enable them to implement this new approach to assessment.

Submission Requirements
Your proposal should meet the following requirements:

Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.
APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to current APA style and formatting.
Length: 8 double-spaced pages.
Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.

Demonstration of Proficiency (Scoring Rubric Attached)
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following competency and assessment scoring guide criteria:

Competency: Communicate assessment results clearly and meaningfully to a variety of stakeholders:

Explain how the proposed plan reflects theory and best practices from professional literature on student assessment.
Evaluate how the proposed plan addresses the unique opportunities and challenges inherent in the specific educational environment using student data.
Explain how the proposed system addresses diversity and equity issues.
Explain how the proposed system considers the ethical aspects of assessment, particularly validity and reliability.
Explain how the proposed system will be introduced to teachers and what professional development will be provided to enable them to implement this new approach to assessment.

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