CASE Assessment Strategies

Learning Reflections

Student reflection is built into every CASE lesson and activity. Essential questions are identified for each lesson to guide student thinking throughout the course of instruction. Each activity, project, and problem feature conclusion questions to encourage students to reflect on the activity and to assist them in making the connections between the learning objectives of the activity and the concepts of the lesson. Essential questions and activity conclusion questions can also be used by the teacher as formative assessment measures.

Check for Understanding

Check for Understanding is a short quiz related to the concepts and performance objectives of each lesson. Teachers are provided this resource to use as a summative assessment for the lesson or formative evaluation tool as students progress through the unit. Answer keys are provided to the teacher for convenience and consistency of scoring.

Example: Lesson 3.1 Check for Understanding

Unit and End-of-Course Exams

Field-testing of CASE courses will determine the scope of unit and end-of-course examinations. At the present time, CASE is deciding upon the delivery system for end-of-course exams and how information collected will be used to assist in course revisions.

National Assessment Exams

Once CASE specialization and capstone courses have been developed and released for implementation, a recommended sequence of courses will be defined to constitute a Program of Study. National Assessment Exams will be created as a summative assessment for completers of a CASE Program of Study. Expect the development of this phase of the CASE program by 2015.