Looking at Student Work

One of the best professional development experiences involves collaboratively looking at student work. There is no better way to assess the effectiveness of our teaching than to see what the students can do. This resource focuses on implementing a protocol for looking at student work and reflecting on how instruction might be altered to improve student outcomes. Topics include:
the principles of effective scoring using the “Looking at Student Work” protocol options for modifying the protocol

Constructs Being Measured

Primary
Literacy

How to Access and Cite

Contact the Teach For All TACL team for more information on this resource.

Outcome Families

Agency
Mastery

 

Programmatic Purpose-terms

Program-level monitoring and evaluation

Instrument Characteristics

Type of items

Rubric with 4 performance levels

Original target population

Primary to Secondary level students

Format
Checklist

Applicable Grade Levels-terms

Secondary
Primary

Supporting Research

Available Languages

Rationale

Points to Consider

For more guidance on measuring student learning and best practices in adapting measurement tools to your contexts, check out the Portal page on Monitoring and Evaluation. You can also contact Alvin Vista (Knowledge Lead, Student Outcomes) and Robbie Dean (Director of Research) for specific questions.