Developing tiered assessments can be like searching for the perfect pair of shoes. The assessment should be the right fit for each student, just the right amount of difficulty to assess the content that is being taught. You want to create assessments that students are able to show what they know and can do, allowing sufficient success to feel confident. There is no one size fits all! You most differentiate the work students produce and the manner in which they are assessed!
There are many ways you can differentiate assessment based on student abilities. You can address different intelligences, change the format of the assessment, open-ended questions, create rubrics, self-assessments, checkpoints/checklists, "look-fors", the sky is the limit.
Want to see how creative your students are? Put the outcome that you are testing on the board and give them the freedom to choose how they want to show their mastery. You will be surprised at the different ways they can come up, a lot of the time they are better than ones I would have made!
There are many ways you can differentiate assessment based on student abilities. You can address different intelligences, change the format of the assessment, open-ended questions, create rubrics, self-assessments, checkpoints/checklists, "look-fors", the sky is the limit.
Want to see how creative your students are? Put the outcome that you are testing on the board and give them the freedom to choose how they want to show their mastery. You will be surprised at the different ways they can come up, a lot of the time they are better than ones I would have made!