STANDARD 16
School/program conducts evaluative activities to ensure the effectiveness of STEAM implementation.
Impact Narrative:
Through the use of rubrics and summative assessments, we are able to track and review scholar progress in understanding the effectiveness of STEAM learning. In addition, we “test-drive” assessments in all subject areas to evaluate their effectiveness. In science, educators use STEMscopes, a science curriculum, that has transitioned our paper and pencil assessments to rubric-based performance assessments and claim-evidence-reasoning challenges, to interactive/virtual assessments.
Quarterly Scholar Culture Surveys provide us with regular feedback to know the strengths and weaknesses in our program. Outcomes from the most recent survey data in March show that hands-on, interactive learning has been extremely successful and a positive experience for our scholars. We continue to see that our scholars enjoy math and science and want to use STEAM thinking in all their learning, which supports the school-wide model of STEAM we continue to implement.
Instructional walkthroughs and peer observation opportunities provide us with the ability to evaluate the effectiveness of our program and look for ways to strengthen it. We have invited our stakeholders into the building to support with walkthroughs and evaluate STEAM instruction. By compiling observations from multiple people, we are able to look at the program through different lenses and consider changes to strengthen it.
Strengths:
STEAM Learning Walks
Quarterly Scholar Culture Surveys
Project Tuning Protocol
Initiatives/Actions:
Scholar Led Conferences
Artifacts:
Task Card for Test Driving an Assessment, EL, Pg.1
Task Card for Test Driving an Assessment, EL, Pg. 2
Math Assessment Used in Test Drive Assessment Protocol
Scholar Culture Survey Results, March
