We do not focus solely on product. We make assessment ongoing and frequent, changing our strategies and asking students to adjust and modify their efforts as we see what is working and what is not. As teachers we employ our assessment findings to steer our own efforts, directing our attention where it will do the most good and shedding those strategies which are proving inconsequential in favor of those proven beneficial. We employ assessment as a prime tool in support of program development. Assessment is the parent of Invention.
Students share responsibility for assessing progress and quality.
As much as possible we foster independent and peer assessment by students. We want them to learn how to shape and improve their own efforts. Self assessment requires a strong grounding in the use of criteria and standards. The icons are from Jay Boersma, except for the computer which is public domain from Microsoft. Other drawings, photographs and graphics are by Jamie McKenzie.