Before conducting an assessment, decide what you are going to assess. There are different reasons and results for each. Determine who the stake holders are. Trainers need information to help them plan ongoing staff development. Use a planning worksheet to help answer the questions and develop the assessment plans accordingly.
Assessments can be informal or formal.
We'll look at examples of informal observations and interviews, and formal self-assessments in this article. Informal assessments include observations by administrators, media specialists, technology coordinators and others who invest time and energy in seeing that the school's technology is well used. My teachers are all using technology. We're well ahead of other districts. We all have a long ways to go.